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A DIGEST 

or THE 

LAWS, DECISIONS, RULES 

AND USAGES 

OF THE 

Independenl Order of Good Templars 

WITH A BRIEF TREATISE ON 

PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE, 

BY 

SIMEON B. CHASE, P. R. W. G. T. 

OF THE RIGHT WORTHY GRAND I.ODGE OF NORTH AMERICA. 



TENTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. 



PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY 

GARKIGUES BROTHERS, 
608 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
1875. 



Entered accordins: to Act of Congress, In the year 18f]8, by 
Simeon B. Chase, in the Office of the Clerk of the District 
Court of the United States, in and for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania. 



PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. 



To THE Officers and Members of the Indepen- 
dent Order op Good Templars in North 
America : 

At the last session of the Right Worthy Grand 
Lodge, held at the city of Indianapolis, in May last, 
the following Resolutions were adopted, viz : — 

"Resolved,— That our R. \V. G. Templar, S. B. 
Chase, be appointed to arrange, prepare and print a 
Digest of the Rules and Usages of the Order, together 
with the Decisions of the R. W. G. Lodge, 

'* Resolved,— That the R. W. G. T. be requested to 
publish the Constitution and By-Laws of this R. W. 
G. Lodge, together with the amendments which have 
been adopted thereto, and have the same printed with 
the Digest. 

" Resolved,— That the R. W. G. Templar is hereby 
permitted to have said Digest and Constitution printed 
at his own cost, and allowed to retain the proceeds ot* 
the sale of the same as a full compensation for said 
services." 

In obedience to the above resolutions, I have pre- 
pared a Digest of the Rules and Usages of the Order, 
/ embracing our Constitution, By-Laws, Decisions of 
^ the R. W. G. Lodge, R. W. G. Templars, Grand Lodg:es 
^ and G. W. C. Templars, and Rules of Order, with a 
^ very brief Manual of Practice under them, with a 

complete index to the whole work. 
^ The Constitution and By-Laws, as published with 
the Journal of our last session, are incorrect in two 



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PREFACE. 



important particulars : not containing the constitu- 
tional amendments changing the qualifications of 
Grand Representatives, and the amendments to our 
By-Laws, making some changes in our Regalia. I 
have endeavored to ha\;e these correctly published, so 
that this work may be safely relied upon as a book of 
reference. 

In arranging the decisions emanating from the vari- 
ous sources of authority in our Order, I have, so far 
as possible, classified them according to subjects, so 
that under each head respectively may be found all 
decisions, from any source, relating to that subject. 

Among the numerous decisions from Grand Lodges 
and their presiding officers, many are conflicting, and, 
of course, very many erroneous, hence I have only 
given such as I regarded as correct. Although only 
decisions of the R. W. G. Lodge or R. W. G. Temp- 
lars are binding, strictly speaking, upon the Order, 
yet, as only such others are given in this work as are 
clearly and manifestly proper, and such as would un- 
doubtedly be given by our highest judicatory, if the 
question should ever be carried up, any decision con- 
tained in this work may be safely cited as authority, 
and should carry with it about the same weight as one 
made directly by the R. W. G. Lodge. 

With the Order of Business and Rules of Order, I 
have given, under the proper places, brief remarks on 
parliamentary practice, confining myself to such ques- 
tions as are constantly arising in all our Lodges. It ia 
hoped the inexperienced presiding officer, as well as 
floor member, ma}^ experience some aid from thia de- 
partment of our work. 



PREFACE. 



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As necessary to an easy and ready reference to the 
Digest, I have appended a copious index, which, 
though added at considerable sacrifice of time and la- 
bor, will, I trust, so increase the value of the w^ork as 
to more than counterbalance* the labor of its prepa- 
ration. 

The Order has long felt the need of some compila- 
tion of it Rules and Decisions, and though I am fully 
conscious of the imperfections of the present one, it is 
the result of my best efiforts to present a work quite up 
zo the standard contemplated in the resolutions under 
which I have acted. If it serves to set right a single 
Good Templar in our land, who has been acting or be- 
lieving an error, I shall never regret the humble part 
that has fallen upon me in the premises. 

S. B. CHASE, 

E. W. G. Templar, 

Grsat Bend, Pa., Oct. 1, 1859. 



PREFACE TO -SECOND EDITION. 



To ALL Good Templars : 

At the eighth session of the R. W. Grand Lodge of 
North America, held at the City of Detroit, in May, 
1862, the following recommendation of the Committee 
on Finance was unanimously adopted: 

*'In relation to the publication of a new edition of 
" the Digest, the Committee would recommend that 

Right Worthy Grand Templar Chase be requeste^l 
** to prepare and publish such new edition of the Di- 

gest as is suggested in his report, in the same man- 
** ner as the first edition was published, accompanied 
"by suitable forms for transacting the business of a 
*' Subordinate Lodge." 

Agreeable to the above request from the highest ju- 
dicatory of our Order, and to meet what appears to 
be quite a general demand, I have prepared a second 
edition of the Digest, enlarged, and I trust, improved. 

Several hundred new decisions by the R. W. G. Tem- 
plar, R. W. G. Lodge, Grand Lodges and G. W. C. 
Templars have been added, covering a great variety of 
questions, and many of them of exceeding interest. I 
have also given a Ceremony for the Dedication of a 
Hall, adopted by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 
which is certainly very appropriate. The forms for 
business are less extended than I wish, but all, the 
hurried manner in w^hich this edition has been pre- 
pared, enabled me to give. 



PEEFACE. 



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The treatise on parliamentary law has not been 
changed, lest any revision of it might destroy its brev- 
ity, a very desirable feature. The remarks are based 
upon the Rules of Order of the R. W. G, Lodge, and 
the presiding oflS^cer is mentioned as R. W, G. Temp- 
plar, but the treatise is just as applicable to a Grand 
or Subordinate Lodge, and in fact, to any public meet- 
ing for the transaction of business. The first edition, 
imperfect as it was, has met with success that I had no 
reason to expect, and I trust this edition may be like 
successful ih finding its way to public favor. 

S. B. CHASE, 
P. M. W. G. Templar. 

Great Bend Village, Pa., Nov. 1, 1863. 



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PREFACE TO TENTH EDITION. 



To meet what appeared to be a demand of our rapidly 
progressing Order, the tenth edition of the "Good Tem- 
plar's Digest is herewith presented. 

The " Sapplenaents " which had become numerous, 
and somewhat vexatious to members anxious to find 
the rulings upon some point in question, have been 
all embodied in the original work, together with sev- 
eral hundred new decisions of R. W. G. Lodge, R. W. 
G. Templar, G. Lodges, and G. W. C. Templars, many of 
which have never before appeared in any form, acces- 
sible to the Order. 

The author is confident that decisions may now be 
found in this really comprehensive work, upon nearly 
or quite all questions that will ever arise in our lodge 
rooms ; and from his own experience in the Order, in 
the use of the Digest, he believes no well-informed 
Good Templar will be without it. 

Again expressing his thanks for the appreciative 
patronage, which his brothers and sisters have ever 
given the work, he ventures to hope, for the sake of 
those who have spent so much time and labor in tho 
preparation of this edition, that a like generous sup- 
port may continue to be rendered. 

S. B. CHASE, 
P. B. O. W. Templar. 
Great Bend, Pa, Feb. 1, 1874. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



R.W.G.L., 1st s.— Sess. R.W.G.L., at Cleveland, O., 1855. 

2d 8. " *' Louisville, Ky., 1858. 

*« 8d s. " *' Chicago, 111., 1857. 

" 4th s. " " Hamilton, C. W., 1858. 

" 6th s. " " Indianapolis, Ind., 1859, 

6th s. " " Nashville, Tenn.. 1860. 

7th s. " '* St. Louis, Mo., 1861. 

«* 8th s. " " Detroit, Mich., 1862. 

»« 9th s. " " Chicago, 111., 1863. 

" 10th s. ** " Cleveland, O., 1864. 

11th s. " " London, C. W., 18a5. 

•* 12th s. •* " Boston, Mass., 1866. 

•* 13th s. " '* Detroit, Mich., 1867. 

14th s. ** " Richmond, Ind., 1868, 

•* 15th s. •* •* Oswego, N. Y., 1869. 

16th s. " " St. Louis, Mo., 1870. 

17tb s. " Baltimore, Md., 1871. 

** 18th s. '* " Madison, Wis., 1872. 

" 19th s. " London, Eng., 1873. 

20th s. " " Boston, Mass., 1874. 

Wis. 7th s.— Decision made by Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, 
at its seventh annua), session, held at Osiikosh. 

Pa. 1st s.— Decision mado by Grand Lodge of Pennsyl- 
vania, at its first session, held at Mansfield. 

Can. vol. 16.— Decision made by Grand Lodge of Canada*, 
at its session in 1862, held at Montreal. 

The figures following abbreviations denote the page 
of the published proceedings, on which the decision 
may be found. 

Grand Lodges which page their proceedings from 
commencement, are referred to bv the abbreviation for 
the State, thus: 111. 103, Mas^. 147. 

G. T.— Good Templar, a Temperance paper, devoted to the 
Ordf^r, published by B. H. Mills, G. W. S., St. Louis, Mo. 

O. P.—" Our Paper/' formeriy published at Chicago, by 
Cowdery & Jjaw. 

C. G. T.—" Good Templar," formerly published at Wood- 
Btock, C. W. 

' " Temple Visitor/'published at Cleveland, O., by the Q. L. 
of that State. 



THE AUTHORITY OF THE DIGEST. 



Resolutions Passed by the R. W. G. Lodge, May 
25th, 1865. 

Whereas, difference of opinion has arisen in our 
jurisdiction, as to what decisions in Chase's Digest are 
authority, and binding upon the entire order, therefore, 

Resolved y That all decisions in said Digest, made by 
the R. W. G. Lodge, any R. W. G. Templar, and any G. 
Lodge decisions, sustained by the R. W. G. Lodge, on 
appeal, are binding upon all Grand and Subordinate 
Lodges, and upon all Good Templars. 

The decisions of the Grand Lodges and G. W. C. 
Templars, compiled in this work, are binding upon, 
and only effect the Lodges under the jurisdiction of 
the Grand Lodge so making them. Such Grand 
Lodge decisions, outside of the jurisdiction of the 
Grand Lodge making them, are entitled to respectful 
consideration, and should be consulted as advisory, 
but are not positively binding. 

The carefully weighed opinions of P. R. W. G, T. 
Chase, the author, interspersed among the decisions, 
and indicated by being given in large type, should re- 
ceive such consideration as his experience in the Or- 
der, and their own merit entitle them. 



CONSTITUTION 

OF 

RIGHT WORTHY GRAND LODGE, 



PREAMBLE. 

Whereas, at the Annual Session of the Grand Lod^e 
of North America, held at Ithaca, in December, 1853, 
it was deemed advisable ttiat upon the institution of 
five or more Grand Lodges of the L O. of G. T., mea- 
sures should be taken to organize a National Lodge, and 
at the session of said Grand Lodge held at Corning, in 
December, 1854, the proper number of Grand Lodges 
having been instituted, provisions were made for the 
organization of a supreme head of the Order ; and be- 
lieving that the cause of temperance and the interest 
of this Order will be advanced by organizing such an 
institution as shall unite under one general head the 
various organizations of this Order: We, the Repre- 
rentatives, in Convention assembled, do ordain and 
make the following form of Constitution, By-Laws 
and Rules of Order, for the government of this Grand 
Lodge : 

ARTICLE 1. 

Sec. 1. This Lodge shall be known by the name. 
Btyle and title of the R. W. Grand Lodge of the In- 

DEPKNDENT OkDER OF GoOD TeMPLARS. 

Sec. 2. It is the source of the true and legitimate Or- 
der of Good Templars in North America, and possesses 
such powers and jurisdiction over the whole Order as 
are provided in the Constitution and in the Ritual of 
the same. Its authority extends also to such Lodges 



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as may be organized under its Charter in foreign 
countries. 

Sec. 3. By virtue of Cliarters granted by it, all State, 
District, and Territorial Grand Lodges exist, and with 
it rests the power, by a majority of two-tliirds of the 
votes cast, to deprive sueii State, District, o^ Terri- 
torial and Provincial Grand bodies of their Charters, 
and annul their autliority ; Provided, that such depri- 
vation or annulment shall only be made for violation 
of the laws of this K. W. Grand Lodge. No more 
than one Grand Lodge shall be chartered in any State, 
District, or Territory. All Grand bodies working un- 
der charters granted by this Grand Lodge are supreme 
for all local legishition'and appellate jurisdiction with- 
in their respective limits, except as hereinafter pro- 
vided. 

Sec. 4. With the consent of the Grand Lodge of a State, 
District or Territory, an appeal may be had by an/ 
Subordinate Lodge to this R. W. Grand Lodge, such 
consent, however, not being necessary where an ex- 
pelled Lodge, after having surrendered up to its Grand 
Lodge all its effects, appeals from the decision thereof. 
But in all cases the decision of the State, District, Ter- 
ritorial, Provincial or Country Grand Lodges shall be 
final and conclusive, until reversed by this Grand 
Lodge on a direct appeal thereof. 

Sec. 6. To this Grand Lodge belongs the power to reg- 
ulate and control the unwritten work of the Order, and 
to fix and determine the customs and usages in regard 
to ail things which appertain thereto; and to it alone 
belongs the power to provide and establish suitable 
lectures and other written work therefor. But the un- 
written work of the Order shall in nowise be altered 
or amended except with the concurrence of four-fifths 
of the members present of this Grand Lodge at its an- 
nual session. 

Sec. 6. To this Grand Lodge is reserved the power to 
establish the Lidependent Order of Good Templars in 
such countries, domestic or foreign, wherein the same 
has not been established. 

Sec. 7. To this Grand Lodge belongs the immediato 
jurisdiction over all subordinate Lodges in such coua- 



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tries, domestic or foreign, as are without Grand 
Lodges. 

Sec. 8. To it belongs the power to enact all laws of 
general application to the order. 

Sec. 9. All power and authority in the Order not re- 
served to this Grand Lodge by this Constitution, are 
truly vested in the various State, District and Territo- 
rial Grand Lodges. 

AKTICLE IL 

This Grand Lodge shall be composed of its OflBlcers 
and Representatives, and Past Officers and Representa- 
tives, from the several State, District, Territorial, Pro- 
vincial and Country Grand Lodges, working under 
legal and unreclaimed charters granted by the Grand 
Lodge. 

ARTICLE III. 

Sec. 1. The elective Officers of this Grand Lodge 
shall be R. W. Grand Templar, R. W. Grand Counsel- 
lor, R. W. Grand Vice Templar, R. W. Grand Secre- 
tary, R. W. Grand Treasurer, who shall be elected by 
ballot by a majority of all the votes cast annually at 
the stated session of this Lodge, and shall bo installed 
into their respective offices immediately after their 
election. 

Sec. 2. The appointed officers of the Grand Lodge 
shall be, R. W. G. Chaplain, R. W. G. Marshal, R. W. 
G. D. Marshal, R. W. G. I. Guard, R. W. G. O. Guard, 
who shall be nominated by the R. W. G. T., and if ap- 
proved of by the Grand Lodge, shall be installed into 
their respective offices immediately after the installa- 
tion of the elective officers. 

Sec. 3. Should any of the elective officers fail to ap- 
pear to be installed at the time provided, the particular 
office or offices shall be declared vacant, and the Grand 
Lodge shall, in the event, proceed to a new election to 
fill such vacancy or vacancies, and the officer or offi- 
cers so elected shall be accordingly installed. 

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the officers, both elec- 
tive and appointed, to attend each meeting of the Grand 
Lodge, and perform such duties as are enjoined by tho 



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laws and regulations of the Order, and such as may be 
required by the presiding officer, and shall receive 
such corape'nsation as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 5. All members shall be eligible to office and 
vote on all questions, except the election of officers, 
and when the yeas and nays are called, and shall be 
permitted to take part in the proceedings and debates 
of this Grand Lodge. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Sec. 1. The R. W. G. T. shall preside at all meetings 
of the Grand Lodge, preserve order and enforce the 
laws thereof. He shall have the casting vote whenever 
the Lodge shall be equally divided, other than upon a 
ballot for officers, but shall not vote on any other oc- 
casion. He shall appoint all committees not required 
to be raised by ballot, and all District Deputy Grand 
Templars for States, Districts, Territories or Countries 
where there is no Grand Lodge. 

During the recess of this Grand Lodge, he shall have 
a general superintendence of the interests of the Order. 
He may hear and decide such appeals as may be sub- 
mitted to him by the several State Grand Lodges, or 
by Subordinate Lodges under the immediate jurisdic- 
tion of this Grand Lodge. He may hear and decide such 
questions other than questions arising out of the Con- 
stitution of the several fState, District, Territorial, h rovin- 
cialor Country Grand Lodges as may be submitted to 
him by the several State,District, Territorial, Provincial 
or Country Grand Lodges, or the Grand Worthy Chief 
Templars thereof, or by the Grand Representatives, or 
by the Subordinate Lodges under the immediate juris- 
diction of this Grand Lodge. And his decision in all 
appeals and questions so submitted to him shall be 
binding on the Lodges or persons submitting the 
same, until reversed by this Grand Lodge. He is em- 
powered to receive petitions and grant charters for the 
opening of Grand or Subordinate Lodges, and all char- 
ters so granted by him shall be of force until recalled 
by this Grand Lodge. At every annual session of this 
Grand Lodge he shall make a report in writing of aii 



E. W. a. LODGE CONSTITUTION, 



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his acts and doings, including all his official decisions 
during the recess in relation to the official business 
transacted by him. 

Sec. 2. During his term of service he shall not hold 
any office in any State, District, Territorial, Provincial 
or Country Grand or Subordinate Lodge. 

Sec. 3. In case of the removal of the R. W. G. T. 
from office, or of his death, resignation or inability to 
discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the 
same shall devolve on the R. W. G. Counsellor for the 
unexpired term, and in case of the death, removal, 
resignation or inability of both R. W. G. T. and R. W. 
G. C, the duties of the office shall devolve upon the 
R. W. V. T., and the Grand Lodge at the first session 
succeeding thereto shall proceed to elect and install a 
R. W. G. T. and R. W. G. C. for the unexpired term. 

ARTICLE V. 
The Right Worthy Grand Counsellor shall open and 
close the meetings of the Grand Lodge, support the 
R. W. G. T. by his counsel and assistance, and preside 
in his absence. In case of the removal, death or resig- 
nation of the R. W. G. T., the powers and duties of 
said office shall devolve on the R. W. G. C. for the un- 
expired term, as provided in Sec. 3 Art. IV. 

, ARTICLE VI. 

The R. W. V. T. shall assist the R. W. G. T. in con- 
ducting the business of the Grand Lodge, he shall have 
special charge of the door, and in the absence of the R, 
W. G. T. and R. VV. G. C, he shall preside, and in case 
of a vacancy in both these offices, he shall perform the 
duties of R. W. G. T.. as provided in Sec. 3, Art. IV. 

ARTICLE VIL 
The R. W. G. Secretary shall make a just and true re- 
cord of all the proceedings of the Grand Lodge in a book 
provided for that purpose, keep the journal of all secret 
sessions, and preserve and keep the evidences of the 
unwritten work of the Order, and such alterations as 
may from time to time be made therein, and ail othei 



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records pertaining to the work of the Order, and the 
explanations and lectures relating thereto ; summon 
the members to attend all special meetings ; keep ac- 
counts between the Grand Lodge and the Grand and 
Subordinate Lodges under its jurisdiction ; receive all 
moneys belonging to this Lodge, and pay the same to 
R. VV. G. T. without delay, taking a receipt for the 
same; read all petitions, reports and communications; 
carry on, under the direction of the Grand Lodge or 
R. W. G. T., its correspondence, and transact such 
business of the Grand Lodge, appertaining to his office, 
as may be required of him by the Grand Lodge. All 
cominiinications transmitted or received by him offi- 
cially shall be laid before the Grand Lodge. He shall 
receive for his service such compensation as the Grand 
Lodge shall, from time to time, determine. 

ARTICLE VriL 

Sec. 1. The Grand Treasurer shall keep the moneys 
and all the evidences of debt, choses in action, deeds, 
&c., of the Grand Lodge, and pay all orders drawn on 
him by the R. W. G. T., attested by the Grand Secre- 
tary, and under the seal of the Grand Lodge. He shall 
day before the Grand Lodge, at its stated annual ses- 
sion, a full and correct statement of his accounts. Be- 
fore bis installation, he shall give a bond, with two 
sureties, to the Grand Lodge, in suchstim as may from 
time to time be fixed, and shall receive such compen- 
sation as the Grand Lodge shall determine. 

Sec. 2. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury 
but in consequence of appropriations made by the 
Grand Lodge. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Sec. 1. The Grand Chaplain shall perform such du- 
ties as appertain to his ofhce, and as may from time to 
time be required by the Grand Lodge relative thereto. 

Sec. 2. The Grand Marshal shall assist the R. W. G. 
T. in performing his duties in such manner as he may 
from time to time be required, and perform all the du- 
ties generally appertaining to his office. 



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Sec. 3. The R. W. G. D. Marshal shall perform such 
duties as appertain to his office. 

Sec. 4. The R. W. G. Guards shall perform suet 
duties as are required of them by the laws and usages 
of the Order, 

ARTICLE X. 
Sec. 1. The Grand Representatives shall he chosen 
by the several State, District, Territorial, Provincial 
and Country Grand Lodges, for the term of one year. 
And if vacancies occur by death, resignation or other- 
wise, during the recess of the Grand Lodge of any 
State, District, Territory or Country, such vacancies 
shall bo filled in the manner pointed out by the Con- 
stitution of such State, District or Territorial Grand 
Lodge. 

Sec. 2. The basis of representation shall be as follows, viz. : 
Every State, District, Territorial or Country Grand Lodge, 
having under its jurisdiction less than one thousand members, 
one representative ; one thousand to five thousand members, 
two representatives ; five thousand to ten thousand members, 
three representatives ; ten tliousand to twenty-five thousand 
members, four representatives, and one additional represent- 
ative forj every additional twenty-five thousand members. 
No State, District, Territorial or Country Grand Lodge shall 
have more than eight representatives. 

Sec. 3. A Grand Representative must be a member 
of a Subordinate Ijodge in good standing; he must 
have received the third degree, and be in possession of 
the Grand Lodge degree; he must reside in the State, 
District, Territory, Province or Country where the 
Grand Lodge he represents is located. No represen- 
tative shall represent more than o^e Grand body at 
the same time. 

Sec. 4. Grand Representatives shall be furnished by 
the Grand body they represent with such certificates 
as shall be required by law. 

Skc. 5. In case of contested elections, this Grand 
Lodge shall determine to whom the contested seat be- 
longs. 

ARTICLE XL 
Sec. 1. This Grand Lodg.e shall have the power, a 
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majority consenting thereto, to impeach and try any of 
its officers or members, and with the concurrence of 
two-tliirds of the votes cast, to expel from officership 
or membership therein any officer or member so im- 
peached and tried. 

Sec. 2. During the trial of any impeachment, the 
o nicer or mem beur under impeachment shall be de- 
barred from the exercise of his office or the privilege 
of his membership, but may bo heard in his own de- 
fence. 

Sec. 3. Suspension or expulsion from the Subordi- 
nate Lodge of which an officer or member of this Grand 
Lodge is a member, shall ipso facto work a suspension 
from officership or membership in this Grand Lodge, 
and the vacancy thereby created shall be filled in the 
manner hereinbefore described. *' 

AKTICLE XIL 
This Grand Lodge shall meet annually on the fourth 
Tuesday in May, at 10 o'clock, a. m., at such place as 
the Grand Lodge may from time to time determine. 
It may also meet on its own adjournment. It may 
also rneet specially on the call of the R. W. G. T., of 
which he shall cause one month's notice to be given to 
the represejitatives of the several State, District, Terri- 
torial, Provincial or Country Grand Lodges, commu- 
nicating to them the purpose far which' the special 
meeting is called, and in no case shall any business be 
transacted at a special meeting, unless notice thereof 
has been given, as above stated 

ARTICLE XIIL 

Sec. 1. Representatives from a majority of the whole 
number of State, District, Territorial, Provincial and 
Country Grand Lodges shall be necessary to forrn a 
quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller 
number may *iadjourn from day to day, and may re- 
ceive and act upon the credentials of new members, 
except in contested elections. 

Srj. 2. This Grand Lod'j:e shall be the judge of the 
certifiodfces, or returns and qualifications of its mem- 
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Sec. 3. It may determine the rule of its proceedinprs 
and from time to time adopt such rules of order as it 
may see fit. 

Sec. 4. A journal of its proceedings shall be kept, 
and published annually, except such Droceedings as 
shall be had in secret session. 

Sec. 5. Voting for officers shall be by ballot, and 
should there be more than two candidates for the same 
office after the second ballot, the candidate on each 
subsequent balloting having the lowest number of 
votes shall be dropped until an election is made. 

Sec. 6. All other voting shall be viva voce or by yeas 
and nays, as the Grand Lodge may require ; the yeas 
and nays may be demanded by one-'fifth of the members 
present, and shall be entered upon the journal. 

Sec. 7. All questions shall be decided by a majority 
vote, except in such cases as a specific majority is re- 
quired. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

Sec. 1. The revenues of this Grand Lodge shall be as 
follows : Fees for Charters for Grand Lodges or Sub- 
ordinate Lodges working under its immediate juris- 
diction, viz : S15 for Grand Lodge Charters and Rituals, 
$8 for Charters, Rituals and Cards for Subordinate 
Lodges, and 83 for Charters, Rituals and Cards for 
Degree Temples. 

Sec. 2. Dues from State, District or Territorial Grand 
Lodges, ^30 per annum for each vote they shall be en* 
titled to in this Grand Lodge, provided^ that Grand 
Lodges with a membership less than two thousand 
shall only be required to pay 830. 

Sec. 3.*'Dues from Subordinate Lodges, working 
under the immediate jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, 
five cents per capita, to be paid quarterly. 

Sec. 4. Proceeds of the sales of books,*^ cards, diplo- 
mas, odes and certificates. 

ARTICLE XV. 
Sec. 1. To be an officer of this Grand Lodge, one 
nominated must have received the Grand Lodge de- 
gree, and be a member in good standing of a Subordi- 
nate Lodge. 

Sec. 2. Candidates for the several elective officers 



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may be nominated by the State, District, Territorial. 
Provincial or Country Grand Lodges or by the Grand 
Representatives. 

Sec. 3. The nominations and election of Grand offi- 
cers shall take place on the same day, to wit : the second 
day of the annual sessions. The nominations for each 
office shall be immediately succeeded by the election 
for the same, and before the nominations and elections 
for the next office. 

ARTICLE XVL 

Sec. 1. The members of this Order from each State, 
District, Territory, Province or Country, under juris- 
diction of this Grand Lodge, shall be entitled to admis- 
sion into the Lodges of every other State, District, 
Territory, Province or Country, upon proving them- 
selves according to the established work of the Order, 
and the production of a proper card. 

Sec. 2. No citizen of one State, District, Territory, 
Province or Country wherein Lodges are established, 
shall be admitted to membership in a Lodge of another 
State, District, Territory or Province or Country, with- 
out the previous consent of the Grand Lodge of the 
State, District or Territory whereof such citizen is a 
resident. 

Sec. 3. A member of the Order, suspended from a 
Lodge in any State, District, Territory, Province or 
Country, shall not be admitted to membership in a 
Lodge of another State, District, Territory, Province 
or Country, without the previously obtained consent 
of the Lodge from which he is suspended. 

Sec. 4. All persons becoming members of this Order 
shall be req[uired to subscribe to the following pledge, 
viz : That they will not make, buy, sell or use, as a 
beverage, any spirituous or malt liquors, wine or 
cider, and will discountenance the manufacture and 
sale thereof in all proper ways. 

ARTICLE XVIL 

The officers and members of this Grand Lodge, (ex- 
cept such officers as receive stated salaries,) shall 
receive a compensation for their services, to be ascor- 



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tained by law, and paid out of the treasury of this 
Grand Lodge, 

ARTICLE XVIIL 

By-Laws in conformity with this Constitution may 
be made, which shall not be altered or amended, un- 
less such amendment shall be, proposed at a stated 
annual session, and acted upon at the same session, 
but not on the day on which it is offered, and adopted 
by two-thirds of the votes given, 

ARTICLE XIX. 

This Constitution and the By-Laws which shall be 
made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law 
of the Order, and shall be binding upon the State. 
District, Territorial, Provincial and Country Grand 
Lodges under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodgec 

ARTICLE XX. 

This Constitution shall not be altered or amended, 
except a proposition therefor be made in writing, 
signed by one or more Representatives f^-om three dif- 
ferent Grand Lodges, and entered upon the journal, 
at a regular Annual Session. At the next reguiar An- 
nual Session, after being so offered, such nroposition 
shall be considered, and shall be subject to amend- 
ment, alteration or postponement by a majority vote 
of the Representatives present ; and upon its final 
passage, if agreed to by two-thirds of the Representa- 
tives present, on a call of the yeas and nays, such 
proposition or amendment thereof, shall become pari 
of this Constitution. 



BY-LAWS. 

Article 1. Upon the petition of ten members of 
the Order, or ten respectable citizens of any town or 
place, praying for a charter to open a Subordinate 



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Lodge in a State, District, Province, Country or Terri- 
tory where there has not been establislied a Grand 
Lodge, this Lodge may grant the same. Eaeli Subor- 
dinate Lodge receiving a ('barter from tlie Grand 
Lodge, shall be opened by a member regularly depu- 
tized tiierelor by the R. W. G. T., who shall deliver to 
such Lodge the Charter and Charge Books, and shall, 
at tlie opening thereof, give the necessary instruction. 
Such Lodge shall be visited at least once a year by the 
11. W. G. T., or by a District Deputy G. T. 

Art. 2. Subordinate Lodges working under the im- 
mediate jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, shall trans- 
mit to tlie Grand Secretary quarterly reports, contain- 
ing the same information as is required from Grand 
Lodges by Art. 8 of these By-Laws. The report shall 
be accompanied by the dues in current money. 

Art. 3. Ten or more Subordinate Lodges, located in 
any State, District, Province, Country or Territory, 
where a Grand Lodge has not been established, may 
petition this Grand Lodge in writing, praying for the 
charter of a Grand Lodge, which, if approved by a 
Tuajority of the votes given, shall be granted, and such 
(ilrand Jjodgo shall be opened by tlie R. W. G. T., or by 
some qualilied brother, who shall be specially depu- 
tized for that purpose. 

Art. 4. All travelling or other expenses incurred in 
opening a Grand or Subordinate Lodge, shall be paid 
by such Lodge. 

Art. 5. Applications for Grand or Subordinate 
Lodges shall be accompanied by the fee for the same, 
which shall be returned if the charter is not granted. 

Art. 6. Each Grand Lodge shall have a Grand Seal; 
an impression thereof, in wax, or an electrotype 
thereol, shall be sent to the R. W. G. Secretary, and 
deposited in the archives of this Lodge. 

Art. 7. The Constitution of each Grand, and By- 
Laws of each Subordinate Lodge, chartered by this 
Lodge, im^iediately on its adoption, shall be forwarded 
to this Lodge for approval. 

Art. 8. Annual returns shall be made by each G. L. 
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they shall give the names of Grand Officers ; and 1st, 
number last report ; 2d, number initiated ; 3d, admitted 
by card ; 4th, restored ; 5th, retired on clearance 
cards ; 6th, withdrawn from the Order ; 7th, suspend- 
ed ; 8th, expelled ; 9th, deaths; 10th, full degree mem- 
bers ; 11th, in good standing. Said returns shall be 
made to the R. W. G. Secretary, at least one month 
previous to the annual meeting of this body, and shall 
be accompanied with the dues thereon, in money cur- 
rent at par in the place where the meeting of this body 
is to be held. 

Art. 9. No person shall, at the same time, hold 
membership in more than one Grand or Subordinate 
Lodge, nor shall any Lodge initiate a person who has 
been elected a member of a sister Lodge, or confer the 
degrees on members of other Lodges, without the con- 
sent of such Lodges, given under its seal. 

Art. 10. Whea a Grand Lodge shall be duly char- 
tered in any State, District, Territory, Province or 
Country, all the Lodges in said District, State, Terri- 
tory, Province or Country working under the juris- 
diction of this Grand Lodge, shall thereafter be de- 
clared subordinate to, and under the jurisdiction of, 
the Grand Lodge of the state. District, Territorv, 
Province or Country in which they are located, and 
no Lodge situated in one State, District, Territory, 
Province or Country, can be made subordinate to the 
Grand Lodge of any other State, District, Territory, 
Province or Country. 

Art. 11. No member can be allowed to visit a Lodge 
out of the State, District, Territory, Province or 
Country where he resides, unless he presents a certifi- 
cate or card under the signature of the officers and the 
seal of the Lodge of which he is a member, and signed 
on the margin in his own proper hand-writing, and 
prove himself in the T. P. W., and in the degree in 
which the Lodge is open. Provided, nevertheless, a 
member may always visit if introduced by a Grand Rep- 
resentative or other elective Grand Officer, or vouched 
for by a member of the Lodge he proposes to visit.* 



* Contrary to this article, Indiana (5lh s., 14) and some other Grand 
Lodges, have decided that vouching fur membertj is not known in out 



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Art. 12. At each annual session, the R. W. G. T. 
sliall appoint in each State, District, Territory, Pro- 
vince and Country in which there is not a Grand 
Lodge, an officer to be styled D. D. G. W. T., whoso 
duty it shall be to act as the special agent of this Grand 
Lodge in relation to the matters herein specified, viz : 

1st. To act for the R. W. G. T., and by his direction 
perform whatever may have been ordered to be done 
by the Grand Lodge in the particular district for which 
he is approved. 

2d. To act as the representative of this Grand Lodge, 
and perform all such matters relating to the Order in 
his district as the R. W. G. T. shall direct. 

3d. To obey all special instructions of the R. W. G. 
T. in relation to anything that officer is required to do 
for the good of the Order. 

4th. To act as the agent of the Grand Secretary, and 
obey the special instructions of that officer. 

5th. To have general supervision over all Subordi- 
nates (in his district) which work under charters 
granted by this Grand Lodge. 

6th. To make quarterly reports of his acts and 
doings to R. W. G. T. His decisions of law and order 
shall be binding upon Subordinates, until reversed by 
R. W. G. T. or this Grand Lodge. 

7th. He shall in no case interfere as an officer of this 
Grand Lodge with State Grand Lodges. 

8th. To qualify a brother for the appointment of D. 
D. G. T., he must be a contributing member of a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge, and must have attained the rank of 
P. W. C. T., or be able to pass a satisfactory examina- 
tion in the work of the first, second and third degrees. 
His appointment shall be for one year, but may be re- 
voked for cause at any time by the R. W. G. T- 

9th. The Deputy instituting a new Lodge, shall ap- 
point a suitable person as Deputy for said Lodge, and 



Order, and that W. C. T's, should never allow it. Such Grand Lodges 
must have strangely lost sight of this By-Law, to make so unconstitu- 
tional a decision. Such decisions are null and void, unless they confine 
their operations to visiting Lodges within the jurisdiction of the Grand 
Ijbdge so making them. In such case, the decision is legal and bind- 
ing, as Grnnd I/odges can control and regulate visiting between Lodgea 
and members of their own jurisdiction. — R. W. G. T. Chasb, 



R. W. G. LODGE BY-LAWS. 



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shall report his name to the R. W. G. S. with the insti- 
tution returns. 

Art. 13. Tiie Representatives of each Grand Lodge 
shall be examined by the W. G. M. as to their qualiti- 
catious for the oliiee, previous to taking seats in this 
Grand Lodge, and on taking their seats, each shall be 
furnished by the Grand Secretary with a copy of the 
Constitution, Rules of Order, and Laws of the Grand 
Lodge. 

Art. 14. Each Grand Lodge shall furnish its Repre- 
sentatives all documents and papers necessary in the 
discharge of the duties of their office. 

Art. 15. Each Grand Lodge shall be furnished with 
one hundred copies of the proceedings of this R. W. 
G. L., and as many more as they have Subordinate 
Lodges under their jurisdiction. 

Art. 1G. All dues and moneys for this Grand Lodge 
shall be paid to the Grand Secretary, and by him be 
paid over to the Grand Treasurer, taking his receipt 
for the same. It shall be the duty of the R. W. G. S. 
on the first day of the session of this R. W. G. L., to 
make a fujl and complete written report of the num- 
ber of Subordinate Lodges working under the juris- 
diction of this Grand Lodge, and where located ; the 
name and number of Grand Lodges; the number of 
Subordinate Lodges under the jurisdiction of each 
Grand Lodge, together with all his othcial and finan- 
cial acts. 

Art. 17. ^^o Grand or Subordinate Lodge under the 
).urisdiction of this Grand Lodge, shall adopt or use, 
or sutler to be adopted or used in their jurisdiction, 
any other charges, lectures, degrees, ceremonies, forms 
of installation or regalia, than those prescribed by this 
Grand Lodge. All sessions of Grand and Subordinate 
Lodges shall open and cloi^e with prayer. 

Art. 18. — ^ 1. F'orm. The Resnlia of this order shall 
be collars about twenty-two inches in length, maxi- 
mum^ and about sixteen inches, ??i mnmv/m, Harrow at 
the neck, and wide at the bottom, with tlie outer cor- 
ner rounded otf. 



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? 2. Colors. The first or initiatory degree, shall b& 
white. The second or degree of Fidelity^ shall be blue. 
The ^Aird or degree of Charity^ shall be purple. Offi- 
cers of Sab-Lodge^ scarlet^ with ^ace or fringe. Officers 
of Degree-Lodge or Temple, purple. Deputies, purple. 
The Grand Lodge Degree shall be scarlet. Officers and 
Members of the R. W. G. Lodge, scarlet^ with a small 
imrple collar, or band attached. 

§ 3. Rosettes. The Rosette of this Order shall be 
white groundy blue and scarlet centre, with yellow atar, 
or button. 

? 4. Emblems. Official Emblems^ in all branches of 
the Order, shall be a gilt wreath^ enclosing silver letters^ 
on blue or purple ground, designating the official title 
of the wearer ; worn on the left breast. 

Representatives may wear the number of their 
Lodge, or the abbreviated names of the State from 
which they are sent, on the right breast. It shall be 
discretionary to use the emblems or not. 

^ 5 Trimmings. Initiatory, or first degree regalia, re^ 
quires no other than the rosette, but if other trim- 
mings are desired, they should be of while or silver. 

For second degree, or blue regalia, silver^ and for 
third degree, or purple, gilt, and for Officers of Sub- 
Lodge, either gilt or silver. 

For Officers of Degree Lodge, or Temple, and for all 
Deputies, G, Lodge and R. W. G, Lodge regalia, gilt 
trimming shall be used. The quality and amount of 
trimming shall be left to the taste or option of the 
Lodges or members. But Deputies, Q. Lodge and R. 
W. G. Lodge regalia, shall be fully trimmed with lace, 
stars or embroidery, emblems, fringes 9.nd tassels. All 
members sliall be entitled to wear, in any meeting of 
the Order, the regalia of the highest degree, or posi- 
tion, to which they have attained. 

Art. 19. Tiie R. W. G. T. shall appoint the following 
committees, to consist of three members : Committee 
on State of the Order, Legislative Committee, Com- 
mittee on Correspondence, Committee on Finance, on 
Appeals, Constitutions. Petitions, Credentials, Returns, 
Printing, Mileage and Per Diem, and such Special 
Committees as are authorized by the Grand Lodge and 
not otherwise provided for. 



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Art. 20. The T. P. W. is designed only for the use 
of members who are traveling beyond the limits of 
the jurisdiction to which they belong, and in order 
that each member may be properly instructed in it, 
and visiting members properly examined, the three 
highest elective ofiQ.cers of a Lodge are to be privately 
put in possession of the word at the time of their in- 
stallation, that they may be qualified either to give or 
receive it. The G. W. C. T. and G. W. C. and G. W. 
V. T. and the regular D. D. G. 0. T. should also be in 
possession of it. 

Art. 21. The fiscal year of this Grand Lodge com- 
mences on the first day of May, in each year. 

Art. 22. The Charters of all Subordinate Lodges im- 
mediately under the jurisdiction of this Lodge, which 
fail to make their returns for one year, shall be for- 
feited, and whenever such remissness snail occur, the 
R. W. G. T. shall take proper means to enforce this 
law. 

Art. 23. This Grand Lodge will neither entertain 
nor consider any inquiry as to what are the laws and 
usages of the Order, unless the same be brought be- 
fore the body by an appeal from the decision of a 
Lodge, or unless the same be presented by a Grand 
Lodge. 



4 ■ 



Constitutions for Grand and Sub- 
ordinate Lodges. 



AUTHORITY. 

The following is the uniform Constitution adopted 
at the session of K. W. G. Lodge, held at Detroit, 
May^ 1867, for Grand and Subordinate Lodges, which, 
according to the vote of that body, is to be the funda- 
mental law for all Grand Lodges hereafter organized, 
and Subordinate Lodges under the jurisdiction of such 
Grand Lodges, as well as for all Subordinate Lodges un- 
der the immediate jurisdiction of the R. W. G. Lodge: 
also to be in force within the jurisdiction of all Grand 
Lodges heretofore organized, whose Grand bodies have 
not procured a supply of printed Constitutions for their 
Grand and Subordinate Lodges. Grand Lodges now 
in existence are invited to examine it, and adoDt the 
same, if receiving their approval. 



GENERAL RULES. 

To avoid ambiguity of expression, the masculine 
form of the pronoun is used in the following pages, 
and generally in all Good Templar publications, but it 
is in all cases to be construed as referiing to either sex, 
according to circumstances. 

No person can be admitted to membership in this 
Order, unless he believes in the existence of Almighty 
God as the Ruler and Governor of all things, and is 
willing to take our pledge for life ; under this rule we 
welcome all classes to our Order. The young — that 
we may save them from falling into the snares of the 
tempter ; the inebriate, who earnestly desires to reform 
— that we «aay assist him to break the chains of appe- 
tite that bind him to the car of ruin; the moral and 
BOGial— that, by uniting all these elements of society, 
we may thft better advance the cause of Temperance 
and morality. 



Constitution of the Grand Lodge. 



ART. I.— NAME, JURISDICTION, MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec 1, Name. — This Lodge shall be entitled, the 



Good Templars. 

Sec. 2. Jurisdiction. — This Grand Lodge shall have 
jurisdiction over all Subordinate Lodges and. Degree 
Temples of Good Templars now existing, or which 

may hereafter exist in the of . It shall 

have the sole right and power to grant, suspend, or re- 
voke charters ; to originate and regulate the means of 
its own support, and to receive and decide appeals, 
and determine all questions of law and usage, subject 
to the R. W. G. Lodge of North America. 

SEa 3. The Members of this body shall be its oflBlcera 
and past officers, representatives and past representa- 
tives, who are contributing members of the several 
Lodges subordinate to this Grand Lodge, and who 
liave taken the Grand Lodge Degree, and been admit- 
ted, as required by this Constitution. 

Sec. 4. The Basis of Representation may be 
regulated by this Grand Lodge in its By-Laws ; but, 
in the absence of such express provision, each Subor- 
dinate Lodge shall be entitled to one Representative. 
Alternate Representatives may be chosen, (if desired.) 
under such rules as may be prescribed by the Grand 
Lodge in its By-Laws. 

Sec. 5. Election and time of Service.— The regu- 
lar election of Representatives shall be held at the first 
regular meeting in the quarter during wbir»h the an- 
nual session of the Grand Lodge is held. Written bal- 



Grand 




Independent Order of 



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lots shall be used, and a majority of all votes cast shall 
be necessary to a choice. If the Lodge fail to elect si 
the regular time, or if vacancies occur, or a Lodge ia 
entitled to additional Representatives previous to any 
session, an election may be had at any regular meeting 
within four weeks of such session. The regular term 
of service shall be one year; but those elected to fill 
vacancies, and such additional Representatives as may 
oe elected prior to other than annual sessions, shall 
serve only until the next annual election. No Lodge 
can be represented by any but its own members, and 
a transfer of membership shall vacate a Representa- 
tive's seat. 

Sec.6. Privileges of the Grand Lodge.— All acting 
and past W. C. T.'s, acting and past W. V. T.'s, and all 
Deputies of the G. W. C. T., shall be entitled to the G. 
L. Degree, and all the privileges of membership in this 
G. Lodge, except voting, provided that they are in 
good standing in their several Lodges, and present the 
proper credentials. 

Sec 7. Credentials. — All Representatives shall re- 
ceive a regularly attested certificate of election to this 
body. All members entitled to the G. L. Degree, 
under Sec. 6, shall receive a certificate of services in 
their respective offices from the Lodge in which said 
services were rendered, and this shall be their proper 
credentials entitling them to seats in this Lodge, and 
the G. W. C. T.'s commission shall be the requisite 
credentials of deputies. But no Representatives or 
non-voting members can be admitted, unless they are 
full Degree members, and in possession of the current 
quarterly pass-word. 

Seo, 8. Voting.— All members under Sec. 8, of this 
Article, shall, be eligible to office, and vote on all ques- 
tions except the election of officers, and when the yeas 
and nays are called, on which occasions Eepresentatives only 
vote, and shall be permitted to take part in the proceedings 
and debates of this Grand Lodge. The yeas and nays may 
be demanded on any question, by one-fifth of the members 
present. 

ARTICLE II. — sessions. 

Sec. 1. The Annual Session of this Lodge shall 
commence on the day of in each year, at — 



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o'clock, A. M., at such place as the G. Lodge shall havb 
designated. Hpecial meetings may be called by the G. IS., 
when ordered by the G. W. C. T., and shall be so called, on 
written application of members representing at least one- 
fifth of all the Lodges working under legal and unreclaimed 
charters in any jurisdiction. No session shall be opened 
for general business, unless at least seven Lodges are 
represented ; but a smaller number may open, act on the 
credentials of members, confer the Grand Lodge Degree, and 
adjourn from time to time, until a quorum shall be present. 

ARTICLE III— OFFICERS. 

Sec 1. The Officers of this Lodge shall be, 1st, 
Grand Worthy Chief Templar ; 2d,Graiid Worthy Coun- 
sellor ; 3d, Grand Vice Templar ; 4th, Grand Secretary ; 
5th, Grand Treasurer ; 6th, Grand Chaplain ; 7th, 
Grand Marshal; 8th, Grand Guard; 9th, Grand Senti- 
nel ; 10th, Assistant Grand Secretary ; 11th, Deputy 
Grand Marsl^al. The y?r6^ five shall be elected by the 
Lodge ; the Cth and 7th appointed by the G. W. C. T. 
elect; the 8th and 9th by the G. V. T. elect ; the others 
by the officers they assist. The G. W. C. T. may also 
appoint a Grand Messenger, when desired by the G. 
Lodge ; he shall also appoint, from time to time, such 
full Degree members tor State, District, County, Spe- 
cial and Lodge Deputies, as the interests of the order 
may seem to require. 

Sec. 2. The Regular Election of Grand Officers 
shall be by ballot, on the second day of each annual 
session. The nominations for each office shall be fol- 
lowed by the election of the same, before the nomina- 
tions for the next, and a majority of all the votes cast 
shall be necessary to a choice. AH officers, unless re- 
moved according to the provisions of this Constitu- 
tion, shall hold their seats until their successors are 
installed. 

Sec. 3. Vacancies in any office may be filled at any 
session, and in ca^e the office of G. Secretary becomes 
vacant, the G. W. C. T., by consent of the Executive 
Committee, shall appoint a member of this Grand 
Lodge to^act in K«aid office until the next session, when 
the vacancy shall be filled by election, and such ap- 



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pointed officer shall receive the regular salary for the 
term of such service. 

Sec. 4. Penalties.— This G.Lodge may place on trial, 
and remove any officer lor dereliction of duty and im- 
proper conduct, by a vote of two- thirds of the mem- 
bers present. It may enforce upon its members any 
penalty, to the extent of expulsion, for a violation of 
the Constitution, Rules, Obligations, or any of the prin- 
ciples of the Order. 

ARTICLE IV— DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Sec. 1. The G. W. C. T. shall be the chief executive 
officer of this G. Lodge, and of the Order of Good Tem- 
plars in this State, .tie shall preside at all its sessions, 
preserve order, enforce a pmper observance of the laws 
and usages of this body, decide questions of doubt 
or difficulty, whenever properly submitted, appoint 
such officers and committees as the Constitution or 
usage may require, provide for the institution of new 
Lodges and the general prosperity of the Order. He 
shall be clothed with the power and provided with the 
means necessary to the thorough and faithful discharge 
of his duties, submit at each session a full, written re- 
port of the work done by hitnself or deputies, all de- 
cisions made, the condition of the Order, its prospects 
and requirements for the future, and shall discharge 
such other duties as the interests of the Order require. 

Sec. 2. The G. W. C. shall assist the G. W. C. T., pre- 
side in his absence or disability, and, in case of its va- 
cancy, assume that office and perform its duties until 
tbe next session, when a G. W. C. T. shall be elected. 

8ec. 8. The G. V. T. shall render such assistance to 
the G. W. C. T. as may be required, have charge of the 
doors and ante-rooms of the G. Lodge, and direct the 
admission of members. In case the office of G. W. C. 
becomes vacant, he shall assume and perform the du- 
ties of the office, and in the abyence of the G. W. C. T. 
and G. W. C. shall preside; and in case of vacancies in 
both these offices shall act as G. W. C. T. until the 
succeeding session, when they shall be filled by elec- 
tion. 

Sec. 4. The G. S. shall be the recording and corres- 
ponding officer of the G. Lodge. He shall keep a cor- 



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rect record of all Its proceedings and of those of the 
Grand Council, also of the returns of the Subordinate 
Lodges, notify all Subordinate .Lodges of the action 
of this body, furnish them with such instructions, 
blanks, (fee, as may be necessary for their correct 
working, and furnish for publication the Journal of 
Proceedings," and an abstract of returns, immediately 
after eacli session. He shall be Chairman of the Com- 
mitte on Returns and Credentials, with power to make 
or direct necessary corrections. He shall keep the 
financial accounts of this Grand Lodge, receive its 
moneys, and pass the same over to the G. Treasurer, 
taking his receipt; but may, when it becomes neces- 
sary ta make immediate use of the money, pay it upon 
the order of the G. W. C. T., and place the order in the 
hands of the G. T. At the end of his term, and also 
at every session, he shall present a full written report 
of the business of his office, with all the information 
in his possession relative to the condition of the Order. 
He shall prepare and publish the Journal of Proceed- 
ings," Blank Returns, Credentflils, Certiticates, Circu- 
lars, Pass-words, and such other matters as the G. 
Lodge shall direct or the interests of the Order require. 

Sec. 5. The G. T. shall receive all monies, securities 
and vouchers of the G. Lodge and pa3^ all. orders 
drawn on him by the G. W. C. T. and G. S., and shall 
keep an accurate account of his receipts and expendi- 
tures, and make a full report in writing at each regu- 
lar session. 

Sec. 6. The G. Messenger shall act as Janitor of the 
hall, keep the room and regalia in order, and convey 
messages. 

Sec. 7. All Grand officers shall discharge such duties 
as may be required by the Ritual or usages of the Or- 
der, or by the G. Lodge. . 

Sec. 8. Each Lodge Deputy shall instruct the Lodge 
under his charge in the work, and enforce obedi- 
ence to the rules and usages of the order, collect all 
taxes, assessments, bills and returns due theG. Lodge, 
and immediately forward them to the G. S. ; install 
officers and impart the passwords when the quarterly 



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returns and the G. Lodge tax are placed in liis hands, 
and not otherwise ; he shall ^rant such dispensations 
as may be authorized by the laws of the Order, and at 
the close of each quarte^r furnish the G. W. C. T. with 
a report of his proceedings and the condition of the 
Lodge. He shall perform such other duties as are 
specified in his commission. 

Sec. 9. The Executive Committee shall be composed 
of tlie Elective Grand Officers, and any Grand Lodge may, 
l)y majority vote, add the Junior P. G. W. C. T. present in 
the jurisdiction to said Committee. Tliey shall have power 
to grant and revoke cliarters and, in the recess of the Grand 
Lodge, shall exercise the powers of that body, but all their 
acts shall be subject to be set aside or revised by the G. 
Lodge. 

ARTICLE V — COMMITTEES. 

Sec. L The G. W. C. T. shall appoint, at each annual 
session of the G. Lodge, the following committees, to 
consist of five each, viz: — Committee on Appeals, 
Committee on Finance, Committee on Oedentials 
and Returns, Committee on State of the Order, Com- 
mittee on Constitutions. 

Sec. 2. The Committee on Appeals shall receive all 
appeals that may be presented to the G. Lodge at least 
ten days before any regular session, and report thereon 
in writing. They shall receive the testimony adduced 
by the Deputy and no other. 

Sec. 3. The Committee on Finance shall examine, 
audit and report upon all bills and claims presented, 
and the books and accounts of the otlicers; at each 
session report, in writing, the state of the finances, and 
at each annual session recommend such measures of 
finance as they may deem necessary. 

Sec. 4. The Committee on Credentials and Returns 
shall examine and report upon all returns, credentials 
and claims for seats submitted to them. 

Sfc. 5. The Committee on the State of the Order 
shall, at each session of the G. Lodge submit a report 
containing such information as they may deem inter- 
esting or instructive. They shall take charge of such 
reports of officers, resolutions, petitions, &c., as may 
be referred to them, and recommend such measures 
as in their judgment will best promote the interests of 
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Sec. 6. The Committee on Constitutions shall ex- 
amine and report on all amendments to the Coastitu- 
tion and By-Laws submitted to them, 

ARTICLE VI.— REVENUE. 

Sec. 1. The revenue of this body shall be derived 
from charter fees and supplies required by Subordi- 
nate Lodges and Degree Temples, and such per capita 
tax upon the membership of Subordinate Lodges and 
Degree Temples, fees for each initiation and Degrees 
conferred, as may be determined and voted at the 
annual sessions of the Grand Lodge, and such special 
assessments as may be imposed by a two-thirds vote 
of the Grand Lodge, at a regular session. 

Sec. 2. Charter Fees. — The fees for charters and set 
of Books and Cards shall be regulated by this Grand Lodge 
in its By-Laws, and new Lodges and Degree Temples shall 
pay the necessary expenses of the Instituting Officer. 

ARTICLE VII. — SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

Sec. 1. Charters. — On the written application of 
ten or more persons, not less than sixteen years of 
age, in good standing, in any community, the G. W. 
C. T. and G. Secretary may grant a charter and desig- 
nate a Deputy to institute the Lodge, and instruct the 
members in the work of the Order ; provided, how- 
ever, that no application emanating from a city, town 
or village in which a Lodge shall then exist, shall be 
granted without the consent of such Lodge, or if there 
be more than one Lodge, without the consent of one of 
such Lodges, except by vote of the Executive Com- 
mittee or Grand Lodge. 

Sec. 2. Memorials, Petitions, Appeals. — All 
members of Subordinate Lodges shall have the right 
to memorialize or petition this G. Lodge; also to ap- 
peal from the decision of the W. C. T. or Subordinate 
Lodge to the District Deputy, and if there be no Dis- 
trict Deputy, or if his decision is unsatisfactory, then 
appeals may be taken to the G. W. C. Templar, or 
Grand Lodge, and these rights shall not be abridged 
by reason of informality. 

Sec. 3. Returns.— All Subordinate Lodges shall 
make returns at the end of each quarter, as full as the 



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forms provided for them permit, and a failure to make 
such returns for one year shall work a forfeiture of 
Charter. Deputies instituting new Lodges shall also 
make full returns, according to the forms provided 
.them. 

Sec. 4. Surrender of Charter and Books. — Tho 
person having in custody the Charter and books of 
any Lodge shall surrender them to the Deputy at any 
time, when ordered to do so by the Executive Com- 
mittee. 

Sec. 5. Offenses. — The Executive Committee, on 
being informed that any Lodge has violated any of the 
laws of the Order, or is so conducting as to bring re- 
proach upon the Order, shall at once investigate the 
case, and, if they hnd the charges sustaineti, take 
such measures as they may deem necessary to punish 
the Lodge and protect the Order. But the Lodge may 
appeal from the action of the Executive Committee to 
the Grand Lodge. 

Sec. 6. Certificatrs.— Members of an extinct 
Lodge, in good stauding at the time of its demise, may 
at any time within twelve months afterwards, receive 
from the G. S. a certilicate, under his hand and the 
seal of the G. Lodge, which shall serve the purpose of 
a clearance card ; provided the G. S. may, for good 
reasons, refuse to grant a certificate to any member, 
subject to the decision of the Executive Committee. 

Sec. 7. Restoring Charters. — At any time within 
one year from the surrender of a charter, the Execu- 
tive Committee may, if they deem it expedient, on 
such terms as they may determine, restore the Char- 
ter, on petition of ten persons who were members oi 
the Lodge, in good standing, at the time of the sur- 
render. 

ARTICLE VIII.— -JOURNAL, SALARIES, BONDS. 

Sec. 1. Journal. — The reports of officers and com- 
mittees with the approved decisions of the G. W. C. T. 
and an abstract of ret^^rns, shall be published with tho 
** Journal of Proceedings." 

Sec. 2. Salaries.— The G. W. 0. T. and G. «. shall 
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services as may from time to time be voted by this G. 
Lodge. 

Sec. 3. Bonds. — The G, Secretary and G. Treasurer 
shall each, prior to installation, execute to the G. W. 
0. T., G. W. C. and G. V. T., by names, and to their 
successors in office, a bond, in such sum as the G. 
Lodge may name, with two approved sureties, condi- 
tioned for the faithful discharge of their official duties, 
rendering just and true accounts, just payment of all 
funds coming into their hands, and immediate delivery 
of all moneys and property belonging to this Grand 
Lodge, at the close of their term of office. 

ARTICLE IX.— BY-LAWS AND AMENDMENTS. 

Sec. 1. By-Laws.— This G. Lodge may, at any reg- 
ular session, adopt such By-Laws, Rules of Order, or 
Order of Business, as may be found necessary, which do 
not conflict with this Constitution, nor that of the R. W. 
G. Lodge of N. A. Provided^ that said By-Laws, or 
Rules of Order, and all amendments or additions 
thereto, shall first receive the approval of the R. W. G. 
Lodge, or in the interim between sessions, the approval 
of the R. W. G. Templar. 

Sec. 2. Amendments.— Tliis Constitution, and the 
Constitution of Subordinate Lodges shall be altered or 
amended only by the R. W. G. Lodge, in the manner 
provided in Article 20 of the R. W. G. L. Constitution, 
for the alteration or amendment thereof. 

Provided, That at the annual session of this R. W. 
G. L., in 1870 and 1871, amendments offered on the 
first day of the session, by direction of any Grand 
Lodge, or of its Executive Officers, may be acted upon 
at the same sessions, but not on the same day. 



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ARTICLE I.— NAME, HOW COMPOSED, QUORUM. 

Sec. 1. This Lodge shall be called Lodge, 

No. Independent Order of Good Templars of the 

of . It shall consist of at least ten mem- 
bers, and cannot surrender its charter so long as that 
number, in good standing, object thereto. Seven 
members shall constitute a quorum. 

ARTICLE TI. — PLEDGE. 

Sec. 1. No member shall make, buy, sell, use, fur- 
nish, or cause to be furnished to others, as a beverage, 
any Spirituous or Malt liiquors, Wine or Cider ; and 
every member shall discountenance the manufacture, 
sale, and use thereof in all proper ways. 

ARTICLE III. — MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec. 1. Eligibility.— No person under twelve years 
of age shall be admitted a member of this Lodge, and 
the Lodge, by a By-Law, may tlx any higher limit not 
above eighteen years. A person residing in any other 
town in which a Lodge exists, must have the consent, 
in writing, of that Lodge, or if more than one Lodge 
exist there, the consent of one of them. 

Sec. 2. Proposition and Ballot. — The name, resi- 
dence, and occupation of a candidate for membership, 
shall be presented in writing by some member of the 
Lodge, and referred to a committee of three, two of 
whom shall be appointed by the W. C. T., and one by 
the W. V. T. The committee shall investigate the sub- 
ject, and report thereon at the next regular meeting, 
when the Lodge shall ballot on the proposition. Four 
black balls shall be sutiicient to reject a candidate, but 
a vote of rejection may be r^-considered on motion of 
any member, at the same or next meeting, but at np 
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by a vote of two -thirds of the members present^ may 
grant a dispensation to ballot for a candidate on tlie 
same evening he is proposed; in their absence, the 
ballot may be taken by unanimous consent' of the 
Lodge. 

Sec. 3. WiTHDRAWAii OF Proposition. — A proposi- 
tion for membership having been referred to a com- 
mittee, shall not be withdiawn except by a majority 
vote. 

Sec. 4. Postponement. — Should the Committee of 
Investigation find cause, or any member desire it, the 
report and proposition may be indefinitely postponed, 
(which shall not be considered a rejection, but a now 
proposition may be made at any time.) 

Sec. 5. Deposit of Card. — A candidate for member- 
ship by card shall deposit it with the proposition, or 
furnish satisfactory evidence that it has been lost ; and 
he shall be subject in all cases to the provisions of the 
second section of this Article. 

Sec. 6. Expelled and Rejected Candidates. — No 
person who has been expelled or rejected from this or 
any other Lodge of the Order, shall be again proposed 
within three months from the date of his expulsion or 
rejection; and no member who has been suspended 
Rhall be proposed for membership in any other Lodge, 
until he has been re-instated in the Lodge suspending 
him. 

Sec. 7. Signing the Constitution.— Every person, 
on becoming a member, shall sign this Constitution. 

Sec. 8. Charter members must be initiated within 
three months of the institution of the Lodge. 

article iv. — fees and dues. 

Sec. 1. Initiation I^^ees and Quarterly Dues. — 
The initiation fee and quarterly dues shall not be let-w 
than such amount as may be determined by the Grand 
Lodge in its By-Laws, to be paid in advance, but no dues 
shall be required of any one for the current quarter of 
his initiation. 

Sec. 2. Penalty for Non-Payment. — No member 
shall receive the Pass- Word until his dues for the cur- 



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rent quarter are paid, and no member without the 
Pass-Word shall be permitted to sit in the Lodge. 

Sec. 3. Degrees. — Each Lodge granting a certificate 
for Degrees to a member, shall not receive less than 
twenty-five cents for each Degree, which shall go into 
the funds of the Lodge. 

ARTICLE V. — OFFICERS AND TERMS. 

Sec. 1. Titles. — The oflficers of this Lodge shall be : 
1st, Worthy Chief Templar ; 2d, Worthy Vice Templar; 
3d, Secretary; 4th, Financial Secretary; 5th, Treasu- 
rer : 6th, Chaplain ; 7th, Marshal ; 8th, Guard ; 9th, 
Sentinel; 10th, Assistant Secretary; 11th, Deputy 
Marshal; 12th, Right Supporter ; 13th, Left Supporter. 
The first nine shall be elective, the Supporters appointed 
by the W. C. T. elect; and the others by the officers 
they assist. 

wSec. 2. Eligibility. — After this Lodge has been in- 
stituted three terms, no member shall be eligible to the 
office of W. C. T. or W. V. T., unless he has previously 
served one term in some office, and none but full De- 
gree members shall, at any time, be eligible to either 
of these offices, after the second election. 

Sec. 3. Absence.— If any officer shall be absent from 
the Lodge for three successive meetings, without ren- 
dering, at the expiration of that time, a valid excuse, 
bis seat may be declared vacant by a two-thirds vote. 

Sec. 4. Vacancies. — Vacancies may be filled at any 
time, and the member holding an office at the close of 
his term, shall receive the honors of that term. In 
absence of the W. C. T., the W. V. T. is entitled to 
preside, and if both W. C. T. and W. V. T. are absent 
the scjuor P. W. C. T. present. In absence of all enti- 
tled to preside the Secretary, or some other member 
Bhali call the Lodge to order, and the Lodge may, by 
vote in the usual manner, select some member to act 
pro t&m. Any officer entitled to the Chair may yield 
the claim to the G. W. C. T. or his Deputies, or any 
P. W. C. T. 

Sec. 5. Terms and Elections.— The regular terms 
shall commence with the first meetings in February, 
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elected by ballot and majority vote at the last regular 
meetiug in each term, and installed at the first. 

ARTICLE VI.— DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Sec. 1. P. W. C. T.— The W. G. T. of one term shall 
be, when present, tlie acting P. W. C. T. of the suc- 
ceeding term. In his absence, the P. W. C. T. next in 
seniority shall fill that office. He shall have an over- 
sight of the ceremonies, correct errors in the signs and 
instructions, give the charge to initiates as required by 
the Ritual, and examine and introduce visitors who 
apply for admission. 

Sec. 2. The W. C. T. shall be the chief executive 
officer of the Lodge, preside at its meetings, enforce a 
due observance ot the Constitution and Laws, exact 
compliance with the Constitution and Laws of the 
Grand Lodge, and the usages and ceremonies of ^.he 
Order, see that all the officers perform their proper 
duties, appoint all committees and officers not other- 
wise provided for, inspect and announce the result of 
all balloting and votes, but shall not vote himself ex- 
cept upon ballot, and in case of tie, when all present 
have voted. He shall, together with the Sf3cretary, 
call special meetings when necessary, or when called 
upon by written application of seven members ; sign 
all drafts, cards and certificates ordered by the Lodge, 
and see that the returns are made out, and money ap- 
propriated for the Grand Lodge tax, and that the bond 
of the Treasurer elect is, made out and approved prior 
to installation ; and perform such other duties as may 
be required by the Ritual or Lodge properly devolving 
upon that office. 

Sec. 3. The W. Y. T. shall render the W. C. T. such 
assistance as may be required, perform the duties of 
that office in his absence, and have charge of the doors 
and ante-rooms of the Lodge. 

Sec. 4. The Secretary shall keep a fair and impartial 
record of the proceedings of the Lodge, write commu- 
nications, fill up certificates^ notify of meetings when 
ordered by the W. C. T., ana attest all moneys ordered 
to Depaid at a regular meeting, and no other. He shaP 
make out, at the end of the term, for the Lodge, a full 



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report of the proceedings during his term, and also 
the quarterly returns to the Grand Lodge, and with 
the W. C. T. certify thereto. He shall perform such 
other duties as may oe required of him by the Lodge, 
or his charge, and deliver up to his successor, within 
one week from the expiratifbn ol his term, all books, 
papers, or other property in his possession, belonging 
to his office. He shall immediately notify all neigh- 
boring Lodges of the name, occupation and resiaence 
of every person rejected, expelled or suspended from 
this Lodge for any cause except non-payment of dues. 

Sec. 5. The F. Secretary shall keej: just an(>true ac- 
counts between the Lodge and its members, credit the 
amounts received, and immediately pay the same over 
to the Treasurer, taking a receipt. On the evening ol 
the installation he shah present to the Lodge a full re- 
port, and furnish the Secretary with the amount of re- 
ceipts for initiation fees and dues during his term, and 
witn any other information connected with his office 
necessary to enable the Secretary to prepare correct 
returns for the Grand Lodge, and shall deliver up to 
his successor all books, papers, and other property in 
his possession, belonging to the Lodge. He shall per- 
form such other duties as the Lodge or his chargw may 
require of him. 

Sec. 6. The Treasurer shall give a bond of not less 

than dollars, with such surety as may be approved 

by the Lodge, and shall pay all orders drawn on him by 
the W. 0. T., attested by the Secretary, and no others. 
He shall receive all moneys of the Lodge, and hold the 
same until the expiration of his term, unless otherwise 
ordered. He shall keep a full and correct account ol 
all moneys received and expended, and deliver up, 
when legally called upon, all books, moneys, papers, 
md other property of the Lodge to his successor in cf- 
tice^ or to whomsoever the Lodge may anpoint. He 
shall make a report at the end of his terra ijind perform 
such other duties as msiy be required ot nim by the 
Lodge or his charge. 

Sec. 7. The Marshal shall have charge of the regalia 
and all other property of the Lodge, which is aot spe- 
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In proper order, and at the close of his term, report a 
schedule of the same and its condition. He shall 
assist the W. C. T. in preserving order, superintend 
the balloting, count the votes upon division, introduce 
candidates, and perform such other duties as may be 
required by the Ritual or Lodge. 

Sec. 8. The Guard and Sentinel, under direction of 
the W. V. T., shall have charge of the doors and ante- 
rooms of the Lodge. 

Sec. 9. The A. S. and D. M. shall act under the di- 
rections of the S, and M, respectively, and perform 
such other duties as may be required of them. 

Sec. 10. General Provisions. — The officers shall, 
in addition to the duties specially laid down in this ar- 
ticle, perform such other duties as may be required of 
them by the Constitution, By-Laws, Rules, Rituals, 
ceremonies and usages of the Order, or by a vote of 
the Lodge. 

ARTICLE VII.— DEGREES, 

Sec. 1. Eligibility. — A member eighteen years of 
age, one month after his initiation in the First Degree, 
shall be eligible to the Second Degree^ and one month 
after he nas received the Second Degree, shall be 
eligible to the Third Degree. No member, not thus 
qualified, shall receive the Degrees, except Charter 
members on the institution of a new Lodge, except by 
written dispensation of the G. W. C. T. or his Deputy ; 
which dife^pensation shall not be given in case of a 
member under eighteen years of age, only when re- 
quested by the unanimous ballot of the Degree mem- 
bers of the Lodge to which such member belongs, or, 
in case such Lodge shall be connected with a Degree 
Temple, the unanimous ballot of such Temple. 

Sec. 2. Application and Ballot. — Members who 
desire to receive the Degrees, shall apply for them to 
the F. S. of the Subordinate Lodge, and pay him the 
fees therefor. The F. S. shall furnish each applicant 
with a certificate to that effect, and at the proper time 
give notice thereof to the Lodge. The applicants shall 
present their certificates at a Degree meeting of the 
Lodge, when open in the Degree applied for, when a 
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a candidate, in which case the certificate shall bo re- 
turned to the candidate, with the rejection and date 
endorsed thereon, and shall not a^^ain be presented 
under two months, provided the ballot of rejection 
may be reconsidered at the same meeting on motion of 
any member. This section shall be in force only in 
Lodges not connected with a Degree Temple. 

Sec. 3. Degree meetings shall bo held at such times 
as the Lodge shall determine, (the Lodge Doputy to 
designate the time if the Lodge fail to d<> so,) and Ahal. 
be presided over only by the G-. W. C. T., his Deputy, 
or a Degree Templar of some Temple duly chartered 
and organized ; but it shall be the especial duty of the 
Lodge Dex)uty to confer the Degrees, or see that they 
are duly conferred. 

8evon full Degree Members of the Lodge, with the 
presiding officer, shall constitute a quorum for the 
conferring of the Degrees, except when conferred on 
members of a new Lodge by the instituting officer. 
This section shall be in force only in Lodges not con- 
nected with a Degree Temple. 

Sec. 4. Keturns to SuB-LoDaEs.-— The presidin^ 
officer at any Degree Meeting held acording to Sec. 
of this Article, and the Secretary of every Temple, 
shall, previous to the close of the month within which 
such officer or Temple has conferred any Degree, for- 
ward certificates to the Secretary of the Lodge, giving 
the name of each member of such Lodge upon whom 
such ofiicer or Temple has conferred either Degree, 
and designating the Degree and time when it was so 
conferred. 

Sec. 5. RoLii of Members.— The Secretary of each 
Sub-Lodge shall keep a roll of the members of his 
Lodge who shall have taken the Second Degree, and a 
separate roll of those who shall have taken the Third 
Degree, with the date when each Degree was conferred, 
and, if the Lodge is connected with a Degree Temple, 
he shall immediately notify the Temple of the suspen- 
sion, expulsion, withdrawal from the Lodge or Order, 
of any of its Degree members, and if a suspended De- 
gree member shall be reinstated, he shall notify the 
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Sec. 6. Fees and Dues. — The initiation fee for each 
Degree shall not be less than twenty-five cents, and an 
additional fee of fifty cents shall be paid for each dis- 
pensation* granted according to Sec. 1 of this Article, 
to be paid in Sub Lodge at the time of applying for 
the Degrees, or in Degree Temple when the proposition 
is presented. The regular dues in Degree Temples 
shall not be less than twenty cents for each annual term, 
to be paid quarterly in advance. Temples may also 
charge an admission fee of not more than fifty cents to 
full Degree members, who may be admitted as mem- 
bers of the Temple, under Sec. 9 of this Article. 

Sec. 7. Degree Temples.— Upon the application of 
not less than ten full Degree members, accompanied 
by the Charter fee, and also a certified vote of the 
Lodge or Lodges to which the applicants belong, 
recommending that a Charter be granted to them, the 
G. W. C. T. and G. Sec, may issue a Charter for a De- 
gree Temple, and arrange for its institution. 

Sec. 8. Proposition and Ballot.— Candidates for 
initiation and membership in a Degree Temple must 
be proposed and recommended by two full Degree 
members of the Lodge to which they belong, one of 
whom shall be the W. C. T., P. W. C. T. or Lodge 
Deputy. The proposition shall be in writing, stating 
name," residence, occupation, and date when the pre- 
vious degree was taken. A ballot shall be had when 
the Temple is open in the degree applied for, and 
if not more than one black ballot is cast, the candi- 
date shall be declared elected, but if two or more 
black ballots are cast, the proposition shall then be re- 
ferred to a committee of three, who shall investigate 
and report thereon at the next regular meeting, when 
another ballot shall be taken, and if not more than two 
black ballots are cast he shall be elected, but if more 
than two are cast, he shall stand rejected, and shall 
not be again proposed within three months after such 
rejection. 

8ec. 9. Full Degree members, not members of any 
Temple, may be proposed for membership by two full 



* A dispensatiOD does not do away with the ballot ui)on the admissioi 
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Degree members of the Lodge to which they belong 
The proposition shall be read when the Temple is open 
in the Third Degree, and a ballot taken thereon, and if 
not more than seven black ballots are ca.st, he shall be 
admitted to membership upon signing this Constitu- 
tion and paying the fees. 

Sec. 10. Meetings.— Degree Temples shall hold 
their regular meetings at such times as may be desig- 
nated in their By-Laws. 

Sec. 11. Officers and TERMs.—The ofiScers of the 
Temple shall bo : 1st. Degree Templar ; 2d, Degree 
Vice Tempiar ; od, D. Secretary ; 4th, D. F. S. ; 5th, 
D. Treasurer ; 6Lh, D. Chaplain ; 7th, D. Marshal ; 8th, 
D. Guard: 9th, D. Sentinel; 10th, A. D. Secretary; 
11th, Deputy D. Marshal; 12th, R. S. ; 13th, L. S. The 
first seven shall be elected, the eighth and ninth ap- 
pointed by the D. V. T. elect, the others by the officers 
they assist. The regular terms shall commence with 
February, and the elective officers shall be chosen by 
ballot and a majority vote, at the regular meeting in 
January, and installed in February. Any full Degree 
member of the Temple shall be eligible to office, but 
after the first election, the Degree Templar shall be a 
past or acting W. C. T., Degree Templar, or D, G. W. 
C. T. 

Sec. 12. Suspension or expulsion in the Sub Lodge 
shall work a suspension or expulsion from the Tem- 
ple. No member shall be permitted to take part in 
the transactions of the Temple whose dues are unpaid 
for the current term, and no person shall be permitted 
to sit in the Temple, unless in possession of the current 
quarterly password and the password of the degree in 
which the Temple is open. 

Sec. 13. Miscellaneous.— The following named Ar- 
ticles and Sections of the Sub-Lodge Constitution shall 
be binding on the Degree Temples and their members, 
after making such changes in the phraseology as may 
be necessary to adapt them, or either of them, to the 
work of Temple, viz. : Articles I, II, VI and X en- 
tire; Article III, Sections 4, 6, 7 and 8; Article V, 
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ARTICIiE VIII. — OFFENSES AND TRIALS. 

Sec. 1. Charges and Committee.— Any Diember 
who has reason to believe that another has violated 
any of the laws of the Order, shall present to the W, 
C. T. a charge against him in writing, specifying the 
offense ; and the \V. C. T., concealing the name of the 
accuser, shall refer the charge to a commitee of three, 
which he shall appoint. The committee shall forth- 
with furnish the accused with a copy of the charge, 
and summon the accused and witnesses to appear be- 
fore them at such time and place as they may appoint. 
At the appointed time and place, the committee shall 
meet and hear the evidence, which they shall reduce 
to writing, and, if called upon, produce before the 
Lodge. 

Sec. 2. Report and Trial.— The committee shall 
report, recommending some punishment if they find 
the charge sustained. The report shall be laid upon the 
table until the next meeting, at which time the accused 
shall be summoned to appear, and the Lodge shall act 
upon it. If called for by any member, the evidence 
offered before the committee shall be read, but no other 
evidence shall be introduced. The Lodge may, however, 
re-commit the case, in order that more evidence may 
betaken. The accused shall have an opportunity to 
speak in his defense, and shall then retire. The Lodge 
shall then decide the question, and if they find him 
guilty, fix on some mode of punishment ; after which 
he shall be notified of the result. The recommenda- 
tions of the committee may be amended in any man- 
ner before final action is taken on them ; provided, 
however, that in all cases when a member has been 
found guilty, he shall be punished by expulsion, sus- 
pension, fine or reprimand,»except in cases of violation 
of Article II., when re-obligation inay be considered 
a punishment at the option of the Lodge. 

Sec. 3. Absence of Accused.— Should the accusea 
fail to appear before the committee or Lodge when 
summoned, without sending a suflicient excuse, the 
trial may proceed as if he were present, or he may be 
punished for contempt. 

Sec. 4. Waiver.— A member against whota charges 



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have been preferred may, with the consent of the 
Lodge, waive any of the forms of trial, and if he ac- 
knowledge to the committee or the Lodge that he has 
committed the offense, the Lodge may forthwith pro- 
ceed to punish. 

Sec. 5. Votes.— All votes under this article shall be 
by ballot. A two-thirds vote shall be required to find 
a member sjuilty, or to determine the punishment. 

Sec. 6. Violation op Article II.— A member who 
has violated Article II, shall be declared expelled, un- 
less he again take the obligation in open Lodge, within 
four weeks from the time when he made the acknowl- 
edgment or was found guilty. 

ARTICLE IX.— WITHDRAWAL AND CARDS. 

Sec. 1. Withdrawal from the Order.— Any 
member who is free from all charges may withdraw 
from the Order, only by first filing with the Secretary, 
a written resignation of membership, which shall lie 
upon the table until the next regular meeting, when 
the W. C. T. may, without vote of the Lodge, cause 
the member's name to be stricken from the roll. 

Sec. 2. Clearance and Traveling Cards, of the form 
prescribed by the R. W. G. Lodge, shall be granted to 
members applying for them, if they are clear from all 
charges. A Clearance Card shall be valid for one year 
from its date, and a Traveling Card for the time for 
which payment of dues shall be made in advance, not 
exceeding one year. 

Sec. 3. Effect of Cards. — Members holding cards 
granted by this Lodge are still members of the Order, 
and subject to the jurrsdiction of this Lodge. 

Sec. 4, Traveling Members.- Any member de- 
siring to visit this Lodge t>n a Traveling Card, shall 
be examined in the ante-room, and shall not be ad- 
mitted unless he prove himself in the Traveling Pass- 
word and the work of the begree in which the Lodge 
is opened. 

article X.— by-laws and amendments. 

Sec. 1. By-Laws.— This Lodge may adopt such By- 
Laws and Rules of Order as may b© deemed ad- 



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visable, which do not conflict with this Constitution, 
or the laws, rules and usages of the Order ; provided 
that said By-Laws and Kules, and all amendments 
thereto, shall first receive the approval of the G. Lodge, 
or in the interim between sessions, the approval of the 
G. W. a Templar. 

Sec. 2. Amendments. — This Constitution shall be 
altered or amended only by the R. W. G. Lodge, in 
the manner provided in the Constitution of Grand 
Lodges. 



ORDER OF BUSINESS OF R. W. G. L. 

1st. The R. W. G. L. shall meet at o'clock, A. 

M., and adjourn at o'clock. 

2d. The R. W. G. T. shall take the chair and call 
the Lodge to order at the time to which it stands ad- 
journed. 

3d. Reading and approving the journals of previous 
meetings. 

4th. Reports of Standing Committees. 
6th. Reports of Special Committees. 
6th. Petitions and Memorials. 
7th. Appeals. 

8th. Election and Installation of Officers. 

9th. Miscellaneous Business and Good of the Order. 

RULES OF ORDER. 

1. The R. W. G. T. shall decide all questions of Or- 
der, subject to an appeal to the G. L. 

2. The R. W. G. T. shall appoint all committees, 
unless otherwise directed by the G. L 

3. No member shall speak on any question until 
first seconded and stated by the chair. 

4. No member shall speak more than twice on the 
same question, nor more than ten minutes, without 
special leave from the Grand Lodge. 

5. No member shall be absent from the session of 
the G. L. without permission of the R. W. G. T. 

6. A motion to adjourn shall always be in orde? 
and be taken without debate. 

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ORDER OF BUSINESS 

AND 

RULES OF ORDER, 

WITH REMAMS ON PAEIIAMITARY PRACTICE. 

By S. B. CHASE, R. W. O. T. 



I.— The R. W. Gr. Lodge shall meet at o'clock, 

A. M., and adjourn at o'clock. 

In all cases wlien the hour of adjournment ar- 
rives, the R. W. G, T. adjourns the Lodge, with- 
out any motion, unless the previous question has 
been called and sustained, or the yeas and nays 
have been ordered. 

All other business, no matter what its stage, is 
cut off by the hour of adjournment. If a mem- 
ber is occupying the floor in debate, when the 
hour arrives, the presiding officer requests him to 
suspend his remarks, when the Lodge is adjourned. 
In such a case, the member suspending his re- 
marks, when the Lodge convenes again, is entitled 
to the floor, in order to conclude his remarks, 
whenever the order of business thus broken in 
upon is reached. 



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II. -iThe R. W, G. T. shall take the Chair, and call 
the Lodge to order at the time to which it stands 
adjourned. 

When the R. W. G. Templar does not appear 
at the precise hour for opening the Lodge, it is 
always courteous for the next officer in authority 
to wait a few minutes before taking upon himself 
the duties of the presiding officer. Some Lodges 
make it a rule to wait fifteen minutes. 

III. — Reading and Approving the Journals of previous 

Meetings, 

Under the uniform practice of deliberative 
bodies, no portion of the proceedings can be ex- 
punged from the journal, except by unanimous 
consent of the Lodge. 

A measure may have been defeated, of which I 
was the only supporter, and so very obnoxious 
that all but myself desire all the proceedings 
under it expunged from the journal — want the 
records not to show that any such proposition was 
ever entertained by the Lodge. It may be of the 
most importance to myself personally, or to my 
standing with my constituency, that I have record 
evidence of my zealous support of the measure ; 
hence my negative vote will prevent any action 
from being expunged from the journal. 

A majority vote will correct the journal in all 
cases. 

IV. — Reports of Standing Committees. 
Committees have full power over business re- 
ferred to them — to alter, add to, or take from, ex- 
cept to change the entire subject matter. It ia 



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competent for the Lodge to instruct committees to 
report at a given time, or not to report until such 
given time. Standing Committees are not con- 
fined to business referred to them, but may 
originate any new business within their jurisdic- 
tion. 

After a report has been made to the Lodge, it 
is in order to make motions to postpone for 'the 
present, or to a given time — to recommit to same 
committee or to a new one — or to go into a com- 
mittee of the whole; but if none of these are 
made, and it is in order to go into the consider- 
ation of the report, the proper motion is to adopt. 
No motion to accept is necessary, and it is in ex- 
ceedingly bad taste, as the Lodge gave its accept- 
ance to the report when it gave the committee 
permission to make it. Strictly and regularly 
speaking, a motion should be made and seconded, 
and the question put, whether it shall be ' re- 
ceived?" before the committee are permitted to 
make their report at all ; but a cry from the Lodge 
of ** Receive," or even its silence, dispenses with 
the formality of the question ; and now in all de- 
liberative bodies, the presiding officer supposes 
the consent of the body, where no objection is 
expressed, and does not give the trouble of making 
the motion to receive a report and putting the 
question formally. The rule is the same in re- 
ceiving petitions, withdrawing motions, reading 
papers, and in all small matters. 

The practice of many bodies to make motions 
to accept a report, after the committee have been 



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permitted to make it, and it has been read, is 
quite unnecessary, if not absurd. 

When the chair has stated the question to be 
upon the adoption of the report, motions to amend 
are in order, the same as on any other question, 
as well as all the other motions to recommit, post- 
pone, &c. 

When it is not in order to consider reports at 
the time they are made, for instance, if the Lodge 
should devote the morning session to reception of 
reports, and afternoon to their consideration, then 
as they were presented and read they would be 
ordered by the chair to lie on the table until the 
consideration of them was in order. 

All committees must make some definite recom- 
mendation, in the shape of a resolution or resolu- 
tions, that when the Lodge adopt the report the 
action may be in form. 

Upon the adoption of the report, as well as 
upon any question, a division may always be 
called by any member, and it shall be divided by 
the chair, if it comprehends questions so distinct 
that, one being taken away, the rest may stand 
entire for the decision of the Lodge. When a 
division is called, the chair should always ask the 
member calling for it how he desires the question 
to be divided, and should divide it according to 
Buch member s expressed wish, if, in his opinion, 
it is so divisible. 

A motion to strike out and insert is indivisible ; 
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lost, precludes neither amendment nor a motion 
to both strike out and insert. 

After a report has been made, it becomes the 
property of the Lodge, and the committee cannot 
withdraw it, except with the consent of the Lodge. 

Standing committees having made a report upon 
matters referred to them, are discharged from the 
further consideration of that subject, without any 
motion to discharge them. 

In case committees are dilatory, or refuse to 
act upon subjects referred to them, and the Lodge 
wish to dispose of them, a motion should be made 
that the committee be discharged from the fur- 
ther consideration of the subject. If the motion 
prevails, the subject comes up before the Lodge 
for action whenever in regular order it may be 
reached; or if the motion had been, in addition, 
"and that the Lodge proceed to its consideration," 
the matter would at once come up for action : but 
in this case, if the regular business is not gone 
through with, and a division of the motion be 
called, the passage of the last division would in- 
volve a suspension of the rules, and hence require 
a two-thirds vote to adopt it. The motion might 
be made so as not to be divisible, and thus avoid 
the necessity for a two-thirds vote. Thus: **I 
move, *'that for the purpose of considering the 
resolutions, relative to the perpetuity of the pledge, 
the select committee, to which they were referred, 
be discharged from their further consideration." 

If a motion be made to postpone, it precludes 
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commitment precludes amendment or decision on 
the original s abject, 

The question being on a motion to amend a re- 
port or resolution, any one may move to commit 
or re-commit it, and the question for commitment 
shall be first put, because in truth it facilitates the 
motion to amend. 

In all cases when a blank is to be filled with 
eome amount, number or day, the question shall 
be first taken on the largest sum, the greatest 
number and remotest day. The members submit 
the sum, number or day they desire inserted, to the 
chair, who orders the secretary to take them 
down, and when all are submitted, the vote shall 
be taken as indicated, and the blank filled accord- 
ingly. 

Committee of the Whole. 

The Lodge may resolve itself into a committee 
of the whole upon any motion, report or question, 
by a majority vote, when the R. W. G. Templar 
shall call some one to occupy the chair, unless 
otherwise ordered by the Lodge. 

In committee of the whole, members may speak 
more than twice, and more than ten minutes, and 
neither the previous question nor yeas and nays 
can be called, and no motions for delay or to ad- 
journ can be made. 

When the subject matter has been gone through 
with, the committee rise, the R. W. G. Templar 
resumes the chair, when the chairman reports the 
action of the committee of the whole. 



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In case the committee of the whole do not have 
time, or are not disposed to finish the business be- 
** fore them, the committee cannot adjourn, but 
must vote to rise, report progress and ask leave to 
sit again. If the Lodge grant the committee 
leave to sit again, it will by motion fix some time, 
and no action can be had on the question, until 
that time arrives and the committee of the whole 
have sat again; but if leave to sit again be not 
granted, then the subject matter referred to the 
committee of the whole comes up at once before 
the Lodge for action. 

When the committee of the whole go through 
with the motion, resolution or matter referred, 
rise and report the same to the Lodge, all amend- 
ments made in committee are a part of the motion 
or resolution. Hence, if the Lodge are dissatis- 
fied with any amendments inserted in the com- 
mittee, a motion must be made to strike oufc such 
amendment. As the yeas and nays cannot be 
called in committee of the whole, this course 
is often taken in order to have the names of mem- 
bers voting placed upon the journal, when there 
is no hope of striking out the amendment made in 
committee. 

When the committee of the whole reports prog- 
ress, and leave to sit again is not granted by the 
Lodge, amendments made in committee are not 
part of the resolution or subject matter, unless 
made so by a vote of the Lodge. 

If the committee of the whole negative the reso- 
lution referred, the question in the Lodge is upon 



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adopting the report of the committee, and if this 
prevails, the resolution or motion is defeated, just 
as effectually as though done in Lodge. 

V. — Reports of Special Committees. 

The power of special committees extends no 
farther than to the business referred to them, 
though thej have full power over that. 

Special committees, having made a report, are 
discharged, without any motion for that purpose. 

The majority of a committee are always suf- 
ficient to make a report, but if one or more of 
the committee do not concur in the views of the 
majority, they can make a minority report, which 
is submitted to the Lodge at the time the majority 
make their report, and receives the same consid- 
eration, except the majority report is entitled to 
priority in being considered. Both are but argu- 
ments for and against the proposition or subject 
submitted to the committee for examination. 

VI. — Petitions and Memorials. 

VII. — Appeals. 

VIII. — Election and Installation of Officers. 

IX. — Miscellaneous Business and Good of the Order. 

Under this head would be included every man- 
ner of original motions, resolutions and any busi- 
ness calculated to advance the good of the Order, 
not included under any previous head. 

Any motion must be reduced to writing, if de- 
sired by the Lodge or presiding officer, and must 



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be read to the Lodge as often as any member de- 
sires it for his information. 

A motion may be withdrawn by the mover and 
seconder, before amendment or decision, and if 
withdrawn, the proceeding had thereon does not 
go upon the journal. 

A motion to reconsider a vote upon any ques- 
tion must be made and seconded by members 
voting in the majority, or if a tie, in the negative. 
If the yeas and nays were not called, nor a division 
of the Lodge had, all the members are presumed 
to have voted in the affirmative or negative, as 
the case may be. If the motion to reconsider pre- 
vails, the question comes up as if there had been 
no decision of it at all ; and if the question is de- 
cided the same as before, a second reconsideration 
cannot be had. nor can there be a second motion 
to reconsider, if the first motion is negatived. 

If the question has been altered by amendments 
since the first reconsideration, then it is no longer 
the same question, and may be reconsidered the 
second time. 

A motion to indefinitely postpone a motion to 
reconsider prevailing, defeats the reconsideration 
as effectually as though the motion was negatived 
directly. This is often resorted to by the especial 
friends of a measure who wish to place their ques- 
tion beyond the reach of reconsideration. As 
soon as the measure passes, some friends move a 
reconsideration, which is at once negatived ; or 
followed by a motion to indefinitely postpone the 
motion to reconsider. This motion to indefinitely 



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postpone of course prevails, which puts the ques- 
tion at final rest. When a motion is made to in- 
definitely postpone the consideration of a subject 
or motion, the merits of the question come up lor 
full discussion. 

^ When a motion to lie upon the table is made, 
everything that adheres to the subject matter of 
the motion goes with it, as a motion to amend, if 
ordered to lie upon the table, carries with it the 
subject proposed to be amended. This rule does 
not, however, apply to propositions independent 
of the motion : thus if an appeal from the decision 
of the presiding officer be ordered to lie on the 
table, the question of order does not go on the 
table, but the decision of the presiding officer 
stands as the judgment of the Lodge. This mo- 
tion is often resorted to by persons versed in par- 
liamentary tactics, to sustain a presiding officer, as 
many would vote to lay an appeal on the table, 
that would not vote to sustain the presiding officer 
directly. 

X. — The R. W. G. T. shall decide all Questions of Or- 
der, subject to an appeal to the Lodge. 

When a member desires to call another to order, 
he must do so through the R. VV. G. Templar. To 
do this, he says: *' Worthy Templar, I call Br. 

to order." If the presiding officer is at all in 

doubt whether he was in order or not, he replies 

by saying, Will the Br. from please state 

the point of order?" It is then the duty of the 
brother calling to order to state specifically where- 
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violated, ani the presiding officer at once decides 
the question. The R. W. G. Templar may call 
any one to order, without the interference of a 
member, and it his duty to do so when any trans- 
gressions of rules come under his notice ; but he 
should exercise his authority in this direction 
with great care and prudence, never doing it but 
when the occasion demands it. 

An appeal from a decision of a presiding officer 
should be reduced to writing, stating clearly the 
point of order and the decision of the Chair there- 
on, and be signed by the persons making it. 

After the appeal has been read, it is submitted 
to the Lodge in the following question: Shall 
the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment 
of the Lodge ?" The R. W. G. T. may vacate 
the chair, and discuss an appeal, and he has the 
privilege of opening and closing the discussion. 

If a question of order arises during the pen- 
dency of an appeal, the decision of the R. W. G. 
T. must be submitted to without appeal, as appeals 
cannot be piled one upon the other. An appeal 
may be placed under the operation of the previous 
question, and be divided if divisible. It may be 
withdrawn by the movers and renewed by others ; 
and a decision may be reconsidered, the same as 
any other question. 

If an adjournment take place before it is dis- 
posed of, it is not thereby suppressed, but goes 
over to the next day or session, and comes up first 
in order as unfinished business. 

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appeal be taken, or the R. W. G. Templar submits 
the question to the Lodge without making any de- 
cision. The B. W. G. Templar may submit all 
questions of order to the Lodge if he choose ; but 
it is not advisable to do it unless in extreme cases, 
as the Lodge lose confidence in his ability to pre- 
side if he shows any want of decision when points 
of order are raised. 

XI —The R. W. G. T. shall appoint all Committees, 
unless otherwise directed by the R. W. G. Lodge. 

XII.— No member shall speak on any question, until 
first seconded and stated by the Chair. 

Presiding officers cannot be too strict in the en- 
forcement of this rule, and neither should they 
allow any one to speak until he first address, and 
has been recognized by the Chair. This recog- 
nition informs him both that he is entitled to the 
floor, and that the Lodge is ready to hear what 
he has to communicate. In no other way can con- 
fusion be avoided, especially where there is com- 
petition in debate, and hence several striving for 
the floor at the same time. 

Presiding officers should require members to 
confine themselves closely and strictly to the sub- 
ject under consideration. Not one quarter of the 
time now occupied in debate would be consumed 
if speakers did not wander from the subject, and in- 
troduce and discuss questions having no relevancy 
to the subject under consideration, besides wan- 
dering in debate often leads to personalities and 
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As a general rule, the member first rising is 
entitled to the floor, and this is to be determined 
by the presiding officer, subject however, to these 
few exceptions : 1st. If a member rises to a ques- 
tion of privilege or order ; 2d. The original 
mover of a piuposition is entitled to preference 
over other members : 3d, By common courtesy, 
a new member, or one never having addressed the 
Lodge before, is entitled to be heard before others, 
and the R. W. G. T. should recognize him ; 4th, 
When a debate has been adjourned, the member 
entitled to the floor at that time, should be heard 
when the debate is resumed. 

All personalities in debate are to be avoided, 
and any member indulging, should be at once 
called to order by the presiding officer ; and, as 
such indulgence is an ofl'ence against the whole 
Lodge, as well as the member to whom they are 
intended to apply, he should not be allowed to 
proceed until he retracts the offensive expression, 
or makes such satisfaction to the Lodge as may be 
deemed necessary and proper. Of all places in 
the world, the Lodge room is the last where per- 
sons are to be permitted to villify or abuse each 
other. It is for the presiding officer or Lodge to 
judge what expressions or language is to be deemed 
personal and offensive. 

XIII.— No member shall speaK more than twice on 
the same question, nor more tnan ten minutes, with- 
out special leave from the Grand Lodge. 

This is a wise rule, and should be rigidly ad- 
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member cannot discharge his duty within the 
limits of the rule, the Lodge will give him leave 
to conclude his remarks. 

Under this rule a member may speak twice upon 
a resolution, twice upon every amendment offered, 
and twice upon every motion to refer, postpone, 
&c., as ail would be distinct questions. 

XrV. — No member shall be absent from the session of 
the R. W. G. Lodge, without permission of the 
R. W. G. T. 

Xy.— A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, 
and be taken without debate, 

A motion to adjourn is in order, -except: 1st, 
When a member is on the floor. 2d, When a 
vote is being taken. 3d, When the previous 
question has been moved, seconded and sustained. 
4th, When it was the last motion put, as two con- 
secutive motions of precisely the same nature 
cannot be made. 

The motion to adjourn, simply, is not subject to 
amendment, but to adjourn to a specified time 
may be and is debatable. 

The Previous Question. 

When the previous question is moved and sec- 
onded, the question shall be put in this form: 

Shall the main question be now put?" If this 
is carried, all further amendments and debate 
shall be prohibited, and the question put without 
delay. If amendments are pending, the question 
shall be first taken on the pending amendments, 



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but all motions, except amendments, are cut off by 
the previous question. 

The motion for the previous question is not de- 
bateable. 

The practice of interrupting a member by call- 
ing order or disturbing him at any time, unless 
there is a manifest determination to waste time in 
useless debate, or to defeat some measure by talk- 
ing the time out, is to be deprecated. 

A motion to adjourn is not in order when the 
previous question has been called and sustained, 
and is still pending; and the vote ordering the 
main question to be now put cannot be reconsid- 
ered, except the motion be made before the Lodge 
has proceeded to vote on the main question, or the 
question not cut off by the previous question. 

The previous question having been called, and 
not sustained by the Lodge, that is, that the main 
question shall not now be put, it cannot be called 
again the same day on that question. 

The vote by which the previous question was 
not sustained, may be reconsidered. 



DIGEST OF LAWS AND DECISIONS. 



Authority of Decisions. 

1. The laws and decisions of tliis R. W. Grand Lodge 
are supremCj and therefore binding upon every member of 
the Order.— R. W. G. L. 11th s., 59. 

2. JSTo Grand Lodge, or executive officer thereof, can 
make a decision which conflicts in any degree with the 
decisions of this body. — R. W. G. L. 11th s., 59. 

3. The decision of a G. W. C. T. stands as the law of 
his Grand Lodge, unless an appeal be taken, then the 
decision of the Grand Lodge is the rule of action. — R. 
W. G. L. 1st s., 301. 

4. The fact that no appeal is taken from the illegal de- 
cision of a G. W. C. T. does, not render such decision 
right or binding upon the Grand or Subordinate Lodges. 
—R. W. G. L. 11th s., 59. 

5. All decisions in Chase's Digest, made by the Right 
Worthy Grand Lodge, any R. W. G. Templar, and any 
Grand Lodge decisions sustained by the Right Wortiiy 
Grand Lodge on appeal, are binding upon all Grand and 
Subordinate Lodges, and upon all Good Templars. The 
decisions of the Grand Lodges compiled in said Digest 
are binding upon, and only aflect, the Lodges under their 
immediate jurisdiction. — R. W. G. L. 11th s., 62. 

6. This Grand Lodge will sustain all the decisions of 
P. R. W. G. T. Chase, as found in the Digest.— N. Y. 1st 
8., 20. 

7. The decisions of the R. W. G. Lodge are binding 
on this Grand Temple.— Can. vol. 19, 30. 

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8. And when such decisions conflict with those of the 
Grand Lodge, tlie K. W. G. L. decisions govern. — Iowa, 
11th s., 8. 

Adjournment. 

1. A motion to adjourn is in order in any Lodge, even 
though the order of business has not been called or gone 
through with. — 111. 5th s. 

2. It is in order immediately after reading the minutes. 
The order of business is a mere form, prescribed for con- 
venience in expediting business ; and is not an arbitrary 
order to be followed without exception. — 0. 9th s., 17. 
E. W. G. T. Chase, 9th s., 11. 

3. A motion to adjourn cannot be entertained while a 
member has the floor.— G. W. C. T. Chase., Pa., 18t)9. 

4. It must close with the closing ceremonies, and a 
Lodge cannot adjourn, under any circumstances, without 
the closing ceremonies. — Wis. 6th s., 8. Ind. 5th s., 83. 
Iowa, 8th s., 25. Cal. 3d s., 11. E. W. G. T. Chase, 9th 
s., IL 

5. A Lodge has a right to adjourn to another night, 
other than the regular one, and at such adjourned meet- 
ing the regular business of the Lodge may be properly 
taken up and disposed of. — lowa^ 8th s., 25. 

6. If, at a regular meeting, the Lodge adjourns to meet 
at a stated time, the adjourned meeting is a continuation 
of the regular meeting, and the same business which was 
before the regular meeting at its said adjournment, can be 
transacted at such adjourned meeting.— ind. 6th s., 14. 

7. A Lodge must always be closed in due form. A 
Lodge may adjourn to meet in special session, to transact 
business that may be unfinished at the time of adjourn- 
ment, but in all cases where the Lodge votes an adjourn- 
ment, it must be «regularly closed and regularly opened 
at the special session. — Ind. 7th s., 8. Mass., 127. 

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specified object, or to transact special business mentioned 
in the motion, only the business for which the Lodge was 
called, and that legitimately growing out of it, can be 
transacted. — Ind. 7th s., 10. 

9. If a Lodge adjourn, while open upon a certain order 
of business, and such business was not finished, when the 
Lodge again meets, such business, under consideration 
when the Lodge closed, properly comes up under the head 
of unfinished business. — O. P., vol. 1, No. 8. 

10. If a Lodge adjourns without going through the 
order of business, to another than the evening of the 
regular meeting, all business would be in order at the 
adjourned meeting.— G. W. C. T. Giles, Wis., 1866. 

11. After a motion to adjourn has been put and carried, 
it is not in order to make a motion to reconsider the 
motion to adjourn. 

This is to me a new question in parliamentary law, and 
one which has never been decided in any books at my 
command. There is no question that a vote to adjourn 
cannot be reconsidered, because after a body has decided 
to adjourn, no business can be transacted of any kind. The 
presiding officer at once proceeds to adjourn, after such 
forms as may be prescribed. 

Usage, however, gives the presiding officer the privilege 
of disposing of any letters, notices, &c., that may be lying 
on his desk, the same as the Speaker of Congress or a 
State Legislature alwavs clears his table before declaring 
the body adjourned.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa. 16th s., 16. 

12. Is a motion to adjourn over a regular meeting niglit 
in order? A. — If the point is raised, and objection made 
to it, such motion would not be in order. 

Regular meetings being appointed by our By-Laws, a 
Lodge cannot vote to adjourn over them. If such a 
motion should be entertained and prevail, a quorum meet- 
ing on regular evening could legally transact any kind of 
l3usiness. Each Lodge meeting is a distinct session, and 
independent of all others. 

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ings can be omitted, and to whom and what length of notice 
shall be given.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa. 17th s. 47. 

13. A motion to adjourn when the Lodge is about to 
close is proper, unless the Lodge has a fixed hour for 
adjournment, which hour has arrived. The motion should 
not be to close. Close is used in connection with certain 
prescribed ritualistic ceremonies which are made neces- 
sary before a Lodge can disperse under a motion to 
adjourn.— G. W. C T. Chase, Pa. 16th s., 21. 

14. If the entire order of business has been gone 
through with, and no member has anything to offer, and 
no one makes any objection thereto, the W. C. T. may 
proceed to close a Lodge ivithout a motion being made to 
adjourn.— G. W. C. T. Cliase, Pa., 17th s. 47. 

But lie cannot close a meeting before the time specified 
in By-laws, if objected to by any member, without the 
vote of the Lodge.— N. H. 104. 

15. If a Lodge close a meeting for the evening, but pre- 
viously move to adjourn to some given time, the meeting 
thus appointed would be an adjourned meeting. — G. W. 
C. T. Chase, Pa. 16th s., 21. 

16. A Lodge has an informal meeting, opening without 
the ceremonies, and is adjourned on the motion of a mem- 
ber to attend some public gathering, and closes without 
ceremonies. On the same evening sufficient members col- 
lect to open constitutionally, among them a P. W. C. T. 
They open in form with regalia, initiate a candidate, 
transact other business, and close with the ceremonies. 
The second is the legal meeting. — G. W. C. T. Smith, Mo. 
15th s., 41. 



Appeal. 

Appeal to the Grand Lodge for the action of his 
Subordinate Lodge, is a right guaranteed to every 
member, and which every aggrieved member should 
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which are incident to all human organizations, in- 
justice may be, and often is, done by Subordinate 
Lodges. Any one feeling that he has been unjustly 
dealt with should at once appeal to the Grand Lodge, 
a body more removed from the scene of action, and 
hence less liable to entertain prejudice for either 
party The mode of appealing is, or should be, 
prescribed by each Constitution or By-Laws; and, 
where the mode of procedure is laid down, parties 
must follow it as strictly as possible. In case Grand 
Lodges do not prescribe any form, as is the case 
with some, no advantage can be taken of informality 
in the submission of an appeal, provided the action 
of the subordinate Lodge, the evidence upon which 
such action was based, and the exceptions or ground 
of appeal by the appellant, are brought intelligibly 
before the Grand Lodge. 

Appeals from Lodges under the jurisdiction of 
the II. W. Grand Lodge of North America, should 
be made directly to that body. Any member of such 
a Lodge, dissatisfied with the decision of his Lodge, 
should file with the W. S. a notice of his appeal, 
stating specifically the grounds thereof, and there- 
upon the Lodge shall without delay send, under 
their seal, to the R. W. G. S., such notice of appeal, 
together with certified copies of all the minutes, 
charges, evidences, and other books and papers in 
the possession or under the control of the Lodge, 
relating to the subject-matter of appeal, and the 
R. W. G. Templar, or the R. W. Grand Lodge, at 
its next session thereafter, will determine the same. 

1. All matters coming before the R. W. Grand Lodge, 



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in the shape of memor'als and appeal?, must be presented 
through the R. W. G. Secretary, so that he may be pre- 
pared to give all information which may be in his pos- 
session relative to such papers. — R. W. G. L. 6th s., 37. 

2. With the consent of the Grand Lodge of a State, 
District, or Territory, an appeal may be had by any Sub- 
ordinate Lodge to this R. W. Grand Lodge ; such con- 
sent, however, not being necessary where an expelled 
Lodge, after having surrendered up to its Grand Lodge 
all its effects, appeals from the decision thereof But, in 
all cases, the decision of the Stale, District, Territory, 
Provincial, or Country Grand Lodges, shall be final and 
conclusive, until reversed by this Grand Lodge on a direct 
appeal thereof. — R. W. G. L. Con., Art. I., sec. 4. 

3. Subordinate Lodges, and members under the juris- 
diction of Grand Lodges, have the right to appeal frcnn 
the action of Grand Lodges, without the consent of such Grand 
Lodges, the Constitution of the R. W. Grand Lodge only 
cutting off an appeal from such Subordinates or members 
direct to the R. W. Grand Lodge.— R. W. G. L. 4th s., 29. 

Thus, with the consent of the Grand Lodge^ an 
appeal may be taken from a subordinate Lodge under 
jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge, direct to the R. W. 
Grand Lodge; and, without such consent, and as 
a matter of right, an appeal may be taken from 
the action of any Grand Lodge to the R. W. Grand 
Lodge. 

4. An appeal cannot be taken from the action of a G. 
W. C. Templar to the R. W. Grand Templar or R. W. 
G. Lodge, without the consent of the Grand Lodge with 
which the G. W. C. Temf)lar is connected. — R. W. G. 
Templar Hastings, 14th s., 12. 

5. It is hereby ordered that hereafter, in all cases of 
appeal from the Grand Lodges to the R. W. G. Templar, or 
the R. W. G. Lodge, the following rules must be observed, 
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1. The appellant must give notice of his intention to appeal 
to the Grand Lodge, in open session, if in attendance upon 
such session, or if not in attendance, give such notice in writing 
to the G. W. Secretary of such Grand Lodge, within thirty 
days fpom the time such decision was rendered. 

2. The appellant shall serve a copy of his ground of appeal 
and argument to sustain it, if he use any, in writing, upon the 
G. W. Secretary of such Grand Lodge, within thirty days from 
the time such decision was rendered, of which such G. W. 
Secretary shall forthwith serve a certified copy upon the G. W. 
C. T. of such Grand Lodge, and upon the party or parties 
interested in such appeal as appellees. 

3. The G. W. C. T., or appellees, shall, within fifteen days 
from the time of such service, file with the G. W. Secretary his 
or their answer to appellant, and reasons to sustain such deci- 
sion, or such appeal will be decided ex parte. 

4. The G. W". Secretary shall, within thirty days from the 
time such notice and argument are served upon him by appel- 
lant, send to the R. W. G. Templar a certified copy of all mat- 
ters connected with such appeal, including the original ques- 
tion, decision of the G. L., notice, argument and answer. 

5. In all cases where notice is required under these rules, 
evidence of the same having been duly sent by mail shall be 
held sufficient.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 8th s., 6. 

6. A member of a Subordinate Lodge, under the juris- 
diction of a Grand Lodge, cannot appeal direct to the R. 
W. Gr. Templar or K. W. G. Lodge, without the consent 
of the Grand Lodge or the G. W. C. T. thereof.— Ibid. 

7. A .District Deputy cannot appeal from the decision of 
a G. W. C. T., but must do so through the State Grand 
Lodge, unless the written consent of the G. W. C. T. be 
obtained thereto. — Ibid. 

8. Rules to be observed in Appeals from the action of 
a Subordinate Lodge to the District Deputy, the G. W. C. 
T. or G. Lodge. 

1. The appellant must give notice of his appeal in open 
session of the Lodge at which the action is taken or decision 
rendered, if in att*»ndance at such session ; or, if not in attend- 
ance, give such notice in writing to the S. of the Lodge within 
thirty days from the time such decision was rendered. 



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2. The appellant shall serve a copy of ground of appeal and 
argument to sustain it, if he. use any, in writing, on the S. of 
such Lodge within fifteen days from the time notice of appeal 
was given, of which such S. shall forthwith notify the W. C. T. 
or Lodge and the party interested in such appeal as appellees, 
if any one is known to be specially interested in it. 

3. The W. C. T., Lodge or appellees shall within fifteen days 
from the time of such service, file with the S. his or their an- 
swer to appellant, and reasons to sustain such decision, or such 
appeal will be decided ex parte. 

4. The S. of such Lodge shall within fifteen days from the 
filing of appellee's answer, or within fifteen days from the expi- 
ration of the time allowed for such answer, send to the Deputy 
G. AV. C. T., the G. W. C. T. or Grand Lodge, as the case may 
be. a certified copy of all matters connected with such appeal, 
including the original question, decision of Lodge, notice, argu- 
ment and answer, and an extract from the journal of ali 
matters connected with the appeal. 

5. In all cases decided by a District Deputy, notice of ap- 
peal from such decision must be given such Deputy within 
thirty days from the time notice of such decision was given to 
the parties in interest, when the Deputy will send all the papers 
in the case to the G. W. C. T. or Grand Lodge, on which papers 
the case will be determined, unless additional information 
should be desired. 

6. In case either party in interest desires to appeal from the 
action of the G. W. C. T. to the G. Lodge, notice of such ap- 
peal must be given to the other party and the G. "W. C. T. of 
such appeal within thirty days from the time such decision 
was ofiicially announced in the Lodge or to the parties in inte- 
rest.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1870. 

9. Ques. Can a member appeal ^from the decision of 
the Lodge to a D. D. without a copy of the minutes, 
attested by the W. S. ? 

Ans. Yes ; but if the appeal is founded on the action 
of the Lodge, the D. D., or G. W. C. T., should require 
an attested copy of the journal containing such action 
before rendering any decision. The right of appea^, under 
our G. L. Constitution, is not abridged on account of 
informality.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa. 17th s., 62. 

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them, should be allowed to pass to the G. W. C. T., 
through the hands of the person or body appealed from, 
in order to afford the appellee opportunity to state the 
ground of action or decision, and reply to the argument 
of the appellant. — Conn. 6th s., 48. 

11. The circumstances affecting the right of an appeal 
can be determined only by the body or officer to which 
the appeal is taken.— K. W. G. T. Eussell, 19th s:, 15. 

12. Appeals from the decision of a G. W. C. T., on a 
point of order, are taken to the Grand Lodge, and its de- 
cision is final. No appeal can be taken to K. W. G. L. 
— Cal. 13th s., 40. 

13. An expelled member, on an appeal to the Grand 
Lodge, may be reinstated by the action of the Grand 
Lodge.— Pa. 2d s., 9. 

And in case the Subordinate Lodge refuse to admit such 
reinstated member to the Lodge-room, it is in contempt, 
and forfeits its Charter, and should at once be directed to 
surrender it. 

Oak Run Lodge, Pa., having refused to admit a mem- 
ber reinstated by the action of the Grand Lodge, was 
directed to either make satisfactory apologies to the Grand 
Lodge, or surrender its Charter. (Pa. 9th s., 37.) The 
Lodge refused to make any apologies, and surrendered its 
Charter. 

14. Q. When a charge is preferred, and referred to a 
Committee, who report charges sustained in whole or in 
part, and recommend a penalty of suspension, which is 
amended by the Lodge, and expulsion substituted and 
carried, the brother appeals : can the G. W. C. T., or 
Grand Lodge, if they decide that the evidence sustains 
tlie charge, make the penalty lighter or heavier ? 

A. The Grand Lodge must either sustain or reverse the 
action of the Subordinate Lodge, dismiss the appeal^ 
which virtually sustains the action of the Subordinate 
Lodge, or send the case back for a new trial ; and a 
reversal remits the fine, if one was imposed, or reinstates, 



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if Buspended or expelled. But the Grand Lodge, or 
G. W. C. T., has no power to increase or reduce a penalty, 
where the proceedings were regular, and the charge is 
sustained by the evidence ; though sucli recommendations 
may be made to the Subordinate Lodge, as may be deemed 
best for the interest of the Order. — R. W. G. T. Chase, 
7th s., 13. Ind., 6th s., 15. 111., 122. 

In the case of the appeal of J. T. Greenland to 
Grand Lodge of Pa., where the proceedings had 
been irregular, the Subordinate Lodge was directed, 
very properly, to reconsider its action. (Pa. 11th s., 
10.) And from such reconsidered action, he would 
have been privileged to appeal. 

15. When a decision has been rendered by the G. W. 
C. T., and a brother of a Subordinate Lodge gives notice 
of an appeal from such decision to the Grand Lodge, 
such notice of an appeal does not suspend the decision of 
the G. W. C. T. until the decision of the Grand Lodge 
can be obtained.— E. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 14. 

16. A member suspended from his Lodge, having ap- 
pealed to the Grand Lodge, is still to be treated as a sus- 
pended member until the action of the Subordinate Lodge 
is reversed by the Grand Lodge. — R. W. G. T. Chase. 

17. Q. Does an appeal stay all proceedings until set- 
tled ? Thus, an officer in a Lo(Jge, Grand or Subordinate, 
is charged with a violation, and thereby suspended, but 
the charge* is not sustained by the Lodge, hence he re- 
sumes his duty: does an appeal from that decision con- 
tinue his suspension until settled by a higher power? 

A. This question originates from an entire misappre- 
hension of the efiect of a charge for the violation of ob- 
ligation upon the standing of the member in the Lodge. 
The declaratory part of the interrogatory contains the 
error, namely: '"That a member charged with violation 
is thereby suspended." The mere preference of a charge 
against a member does not thereby suspend him, but such 



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a member is entitled to a seat in the Lodge, and to all his 
rights and privileges until suspended by a vote of the 
Lodge, upon a finding of guilty by the Committee of 
Investigation. If the charge be not sustained, and an 
appeal from such decision to the Grand Lodge, as he has 
never been suspended, of course he retains his seat in the 
Lodge, and is entitled to all his rights and privileges 
until such appeal is decided ; and if the charge had been 
sustained, and he suspended by a vote of the Lodge, and 
an appeal taken, he would have remained a suspended 
member, until the disposition of such appeal. — E. W. G. T. 
Chase, 6th s. 

18. If a G. W. C. Templar, on appeal from the action 
of a Subordinate Lodge, restores a brother to membership, 
the action of the G. W. C. T. stands until reversed by 
competent authority. — R. W. G. T. Hastings, 14th, s. 12. 

19. The G. W. C. T. of Grand Lodge of District of 
Columbia decided that an appeal could not be taken to 
the Grand Lodge on a question of law, which was over- 
ruled by R. W. G. T. Hastings, and approved by E. W. 
G. L., 14th s., 89. 

20. On the hearing of an appeal before the Committee 
of a Grand Lodge, or E. W. G. Lodge, the parties in in- 
terest have the right to be heard ; and if the appellee is 
absent, and has been properly notified, if notice was neces- 
sary, the appellant may be heard, and the case decided 
ez-parte.—F. E. W. G. T. Chase, 1868. 

21. When a member has been expelled, and appeals, 
he is not entitled to a seat in the Lodge while such ap- 
peal is pending. — 111. 7th s., 30, Can., vol. 14, p. 14. 

22. Appeals cannot be taken from a D. G. W. C. T. to 
the Lodge, but may be taken from his decision to the 
G. W. C. T.— 111., 5th s. 

23. Appeals may be taken from the decision of the W. 
C.T. to the Lodge, except on constitutional questions,which 
must be referred to the D. G. W. C. T.— 111., 7th s., 32. 

24. Where a member has been clearly proven to have 



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violated the pledge, and his Suhordinate Lodge refuse to 
punish him therefor, any individual member can appeal 
from the decision of such Lodge. — Iowa, 7th s., 24, G. W. 
C. T. Titus, O., 14th s., 28. 

25. Any member may appeal to the Deputy, from the 
decision of the W. C. T., on points of law, whether the 
Deputy is present or absent. 

In case the Deputy be absent, or postpones his decision, 
the proceedings must go on ; under the decision of the 
W. C. T. Deputies should be at their posts and decide all 
questions promptly. Yet, if they ask for time to inves- 
tigate difficult points, Lodges should, through courtesy, 
grant it.— G. W. C. T. Titus, 0., 14th s., 28. 

26. Q. What is necessary, on the part of a Subordinate 
Lodge, to take an appeal to the G. L. ? Can any member, 
other than the parties interested, take an appeal ? Is the 
simple fact that the Lodge is notified, and the notice ap- 
pears on record, alone sufficient to carry an appeal ? 

A, If the records of any Lodge show that an appeal 
has been taken, it is sufficient, and the W. S. should send 
up the necessary facts. In case of the infliction of a pen- 
alty, no one but the person suffering has the right to 
appeal.— Wis., 11th s., 9. ; G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1872. 



Charges for Violation of Pledge. 

Any member, cognizant that another member has 
violated the pledge or obligation, is morally bound to 
give the information promptly to the W. C. T. of his 
Lodge, that a formal charge may be preferred. Many 
of our Lodges have a By-Law imposing a fine upon 
any one knowing of violations and not giving the 
information. 

1. The name of a member preferring charges against 
another should be concealed by the W. C, T. from all per- 



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eons, except the members of the investigating committee 
and the accused at the time of the examination before the 
committee— G. W. C. T. Dinglej, Me., 9th s., 7. 

[The G. L. of Maine afterward modified this so 
far as to prohibit the W. C. T. from giving it to any 
one, unless called for by a vote of the Lodge, after 
the committee have reported the charge groundless, 
and report has been adopted, with a view of prefer- 
ring charges for malicious accusation.] 

2. The name of the complainant may be given to the 
Committee of Investigation. — Mich., 7th s., 27. 
- 3. May be kept secret from all but W. C. T.— G. W. C. 
T. Giles, Wis., 8th s., 25. 

4. The name of the complainant must be signed to his 
complaint, and the W. C. T. should not consider it as a 
complaint, without it is so signed. — Mich., 7th s., 13. 

5. It is necessary that a charge shall be signed, but the 
W. C. T. should not in any case read the name to the Lodge, 
or any member, nor is it necessary for the charge to be read 
to the LodgCj and we know of several instances where it 
would have been better if no one but the W. C. T., Secre- 
tary and Committee had known it. He should make or 
direct the Secretary to make a copy of the charge, without 
the name of the accuser, and give to the Committee of 
Investigation, who will furnish a copy to the accused. The 
names of the witnesses should be appended to the charge, 
but the charge is valid without them. 

If in order to ascertain the names of witnesses (when 
not appended to the charge), or to enable the Committee 
to properly investigate the case, the name of the member 
making the charge is material, the W. C. T. will furnish 
it to the Committee ; and if the accused at any time, be- 
fore or during the progress of the trial, makes the claim 
to the W. C. T. that the accuser's name is material to his 
defense, and the W. C. T. deems that such knowledge is 



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material to such defense, he is permitted to give it to the 
accused. 

This decision is believed to be in strict keeping with the 
spirit of Article 8, Section 1, Uniform Constitution, now 
in force in this State. Hitherto in Pennsylvania the accu- 
ser has been summoned before the Committee, and obliged 
to appear under penalty for contempt, wliether necessary 
as a witness or not. He appeared as a 'prosecutor^ and the 
proceedings assumed the nature of a suit in court, where 
party is arraigned against party, and witnesses taking 
sides, rather than a method of discipline in a great moral 
society. In consequence of the bitterness of feeling engen- 
dered under the old practice, many members, especially 
sisters, have been deterred from preferring charges. 

So much of Section 10, Article 6, of By-Laws recom- 
mended by G. Lodge for Subordinate Lodges, as conflicts 
with this decision, is not binding. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
1868. 

6. In all cases when charges are preferred in Subordi- 
nate Lodges for offenses, the charge should be handed to 
the W. C. T. without being made known in the Lodge, or 
to any member thereof, except those immediately inter- 
ested as a Committee of Investigation, witness or counsel, 
until the Committee make a report on a particular case. — 
O., 14th s., 39. 

7. In Newton Lodge, No. 68, Iowa, the W. C. T. was 
informed in writing that Bro. Helm had violated his obli- 
gation, and thereupon a Committee was appointed to 
investigate it. The Committee met, and neither witnesses 
nor accused appeared ; the Committee, at the next meet- 
ing of the Lodge, reported that there was nothing upon 
which to prefer a charge, which report was adopted by 
the Lodge. Bro. Helm then demanded of the W. C. T. 
the name of the informant, claiming that a charge had 
been wilfully and maliciously preferred against him, and 
the matter being referred to the Deputy for a decision, as 
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right, which decision was sustained by Grand Lodge. — 
Iowa, 8th s., 25. 

8. A charge may be legal though the names of witnesses 
are not attached.— G. W. C. T. Dillingham, N. H., 35. 

9. And may be signed by more than one member. — K. 
W. G. T. Orne, 17th s., 816. 

10. Charges for contempt, as well as all others, must be 
in writing.— G. W. C. T. Benton, K. I., 5th s., 8. 

11. A member against whom a charge is pending, may 
prefer a charge. — Mass., 818. 

12. In preferring a charge against a member, a personal 
knowledge of the offence committed is not necessary. — 
Iowa, 8th s., 41. 

13. A charge against a member should specify as clearly 
and with as much particularity as may be consistent, the 
nature of the accusation, with the time and place, so that 
the person accused may have an opportunity to meet the 
allegations. If the charge simply alleges that the accused 
has broken Article Second of the Constitution, or the 
Pledge, or his obligation, it will not be held insufficient, 
although in such cases the accused may rightfully claim 
an adjournment of the hearing before the Committee, after 
having had the specific allegations brought out. A charge 
alleging generally that a member has acted unworthily of 
a Good Templar, is insufficient. — G. W. C. T. Dingley, 
Me., 9th s., 7. G. T., vol. v. 77. 

14. Charges should be definite and distinct, but irregu- 
larity or indefinileness does not bar the right of investiga- 
tion.— 111., 103. 

15. Q. — Is an accusation in the following form, such an • 
one as the accused are bound to defend, they having ob- 
jected because it was too general, and cited no time or 
place ?^ " Nov. 27, 1866.— I charge Bros. H. S. and M. G. 
with violation of pledge and obligation, being intoxicated 
at different times within the past few weeks. — A. B. & C." 

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definite ; if as a charge, it would be better to specify the 
number of weeks ; but even then the informality would 
not be sufficient to invalidate the proceedings. — G. W. C. 
T. Eussell, 13th s., 18. 

16. There must be some offence specified to make a 
charge valid. — N. H., 35. 

17. Dating a charge at a place does not imply that the 
place of date is the place where'' the ofience was com- 
mitted.— O., 9th s., 19. 

18. Where the accused claims that a charge is defective, 
or not sufficiently specific, it is his duty to appear and 
plead such defect. If he absents himself, even though he 
send in his claim of defective charge in writing, he is lia- 
ble to be dealt with for contempt. In all cases where the 
accused claims defective charges or charges made by in- 
competent persons, he should appear and make his objec- 
tions to the form of charge, and make his defense as best 
he can ; then he will be in a position to take advantage of 
all these deficiencies on appeal, the only way to have 
irregularities reviewed. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

19. The names of the witnesses are no part of the spe- 
cification of the charges to be given the accused. — O., 9th, 
19. 

20. When the W. C. T. prefers a charge against a mem- 
ber of his Lodge, the Committee of Investigation should 
be appointed by the W. V. T. — Iowa, 2d s., 11. 

21. The member preferring a charge should not be 
appointed upon the Committee of Investigation* — Iowa, 
11th s., 7. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1868. 

22. Placing the only witness in the case on the Com 
mittee of Investigation is irregular, and not strictly ju 
to the accused.— Mo., 11th s., 7. G. W. C. T*. Chase, P 
1868. 

23. The Committee to investigate a charge should con- 
sist of members belonging to the same Lodge as the ac- 
cused.— Com., 9th s., 17. 



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24. Cannot a Degree member, who has been connected 
with a Degree Temple, but which may have ceased to 
exist as a Temple, be tried by the members of said 
Temple, even if they are members of another Lodge ? 
No.— E. W. G. T. Orne. 

25. If the W. C. T. appoints a Committee, the Lodge 
may, by vote, strike out any member of such committee, 
and appoint another. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1868. 

26. The W. C. T. need not read in open Lodge the 
charge or complaint against an offending member, before 
appointing Committees of Investigation. — O., 4th s., 20. 

27. When charges are preferred, it is not in order to 
entertain a motion to indefinitely postpone. Lodges are 
bound to investigate.— G. W. C. T. Way, Ind., 13th s., 7. 

28. An accused member may object to any member of 
the committee for cause ; but the Lodge is to determine 
the validity of the objection. — Ind., 17th s., 38. 

29. In charges for violation of the pledge, the Com- 
mittee of Investigation are not confined, in hearing evi- 
dence, to the precise day or place set forth in the accusa- 
tion, but may hear as evidence any facts calculated to 
sustain the charge, which may have occurred within any 
reasonable time, either before^or after the day fixed in the 
accusation, or at any other place. — Pa., 2d s., 8. 

30. A joint accusation may be preferred against two or 
more members for an offense committed by them jointly, 
and the Investigating Committee may proceed to try them 
jointly, or separately, as the case may require, but in no 
case shall any one be deprived by a joint charge, or trial, 
of the evidence of any member implicated with him in 
such accusation. — Ibid. 

31. A member who is under charge cannot prefer a 
charge against another, until the disposition of his own 
charge ; but, after he may be acquitted, he can prefer a 
charge for an offense that may have been committed 
while his own charge was pending. — Wis. 7th s., 29. 

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32. A charge cannot be entertained against a member 
for violation of obligation prior to re-instatement, after 
he or she has been re-obligated, notwithstanding the 
charge may be based upon a separate specification. — Mo., 
14th s., 15. 

33. A second charge cannot be preferred against a 
member for the same offense. — Ibid. 

34. A charge cannot be preferred against a member 
for conduct previous to joining, which was not developed 
or known until after he became a member. — 111., 6th s., 
26. Me., 9th s., 8. 

35. A member holding a clearance-card cannot prefer 
a charge against a member of the Lodge. A charge hav- 
ing been preferred by one holding a clearance-card, and 
having been investigated by the committee, and reported 
sustained, upon coming up for final disposition, was de- 
clared void by G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 18. 

36. A charge for violating the obligation of the Subor- 
dinate Lodge should be preferred in, tried, and decided 
by the Lodge of which the accused is a member. — K. W. 
G. T. Hastings, 12th s., 9. 

37. When a member has good reason to believe that a 
member of another Lodge has violated Art. 2, he should 
notify that Lodge at once. — Cal., 5th s., 23. 

38. Has not a member a right, and is it not his duty, 
to prefer charges against a member of another Lodge 
when such member is in good standing, and has sufficient 
ground for preferring charges ? 

Yes ; but the charges must be preferred strictly in ac- 
cordance with the requirements of Sec. 1. Art. 8, of the 
Constitution, to secure anv notice or attention. — R. W. G. 
T. Orne, 816. 

39. There is no particular time for which a charge 
holds good against a member who has never had a trial, 
—Mass., 215. 

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in all cases, to try a member for unworthy conduct, unless 
such unworthy conduct took place in open Lodge, or the 
accused pleads guilty. — Ind., 10th s., 20. 

41. If one or two members of an Investigating Com- 
mittee resign, the first business of the W. C. T. is to fill 
such vacancy, and a Lodge has no right to allow one or 
two to do that which the Constitution says shall be done 
by three. — Mich., 7th s., 13. 

42. A W. C. T. has no authority to fill vacancies in a 
Committee of Investigation, outside of the sessions of the 
Lodge. The Secretary's minutes must show who compose 
the committee. — Mich., 13th s., 27. 

43. Where both parties agree to try the case by two 
members of the committee, neither can afterward repu- 
diate that agreement. — 111., 16th s., 42. 

44. Written notice of charges must be given, though 
the accused be present, and is verbally notified by the 
committee. — 111., 1859. 

45. Mailing a notice to the accused's last known ad- 
dress, at least thirty days previous to the trial, is due 
notice of the trial.— 111., lOth s., 36. 

46. A notice sent through the mail, to a member charged 
with violation of Article II. is legal. — Wis., 5th s., 34. 

47. The Committee of Investigation must all be present 
during the investigation, and a majority sign the report 
in all cases. 

Illinois has once made a similar decision to this, and 
the next session after reversed it. The first was correct. 
Unquestionably, a member charged with an ofiense has a 
right to be tried by all the members of the committee. 
True it is that, in ordinary matters referred to committees, 
a majority of such committee can act ; but there seems to 
be wide reasons for a departure from the general rule 
here, and require all the members of an Investigating 
Committee to constitute a quorum for the trial of the ac- 
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is the one in whose ability, impartiality, and influence 
the accused has the most confidence ; and he has a right 
to presume, in case a majority find the charge sustained, 
that the presence of the absent one would have so in- 
fluenced the majority, as to change the result in his 
favor. 

We cannot be too careful of our safe-guards around the 
accused, and one of the most important of these is, that 
all the committee should be present, to hear and deter- 
mine charges for violation of obligation. — R. W. G. T. 
Chase, 7th s., 15. 

48. A Committee of Investigation ought not to proceed 
with the trial when accused, who has been notified, has 
sent in a valid excuse for his absence. — G. W. C. T. Haw- 
kins, Iowa, 14th s., 58. 

49. Where a charge is preferred against a member who 
is confined in jail the committee notify him properly, but 
the member, being restrained of his liberty, cannot ap- 
pear ; the committee have no right to proceed to try him, 
nor to report him guilty of contempt. The proper way 
should be to visit the offending member, or to ask the 
Lodge to postpone action in his case. — Wis., 5th s., 34. 

50. A member on trial for violation of the pledge may 
appear by counsel, provided he be a member of the Order. 
—Mich., 7th s., 26. Pa., 38. N. H., 66. 

51. A member under charge is not competent to act as 
counsel. — Mich., 14th s., 38. | 

52. Any person whose testimony would be received iri| 
a court of justice can give evidence in the case of trials' 
by Investigating Committees. — 111., 103. Also, Can., Mo., 
Vt., Cal., and Iowa. The accuser should be admitted as 
a witness. — Iowa, 7th s., 26. 

53. Also the accused. As a matter of course, the com- 
mittee must judge of the value of the testimony, especially 
should it conflict with the testimonv of other witnesses.-^ 
K. W. G. T. Hastings, 12th s., 9. Vt. 5th s., 6. 

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facts which cannot be proven by others, they can be allowed 
U) testify in a case— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 19. 

55. But the Committee have no power to administer an 
oath.— Wis., 4th s., 38. N. Y., 5th s., 7. 

56. Depositions of witnesses cannot be taken to be read 
before a committee investigating charges for violation of 
Obligation or Constitution. — G. W. C. T. Martin, Iowa, 
3d s., 17. 

57. Unless ordered by the Lodge of which the accused 
is a member, on notice to the accused ; when they may be 
used upon trial.— 111., 7th s., 33. Vt., 5th s., 6. 

58. A Committee of Investigation have no right to ad- 
mit " hearsay " testimony, but may admit the affidavit or 
deposition of an infirm, absent or sick witness, when the 
Lodge orders such deposition taken, upon notice to the 
accused.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 19. 

59. The published statement of a member may be con- 
sidered in evidence against him, but the court trying him 
will, of course, determine the weight of the evidence. — 
R. W. G. T. Eussell, 19th s., 16. 

60. Where testimony is conflicting on a charge, the Sub- 
ordinate Lodge is the only proper judge of the credibility 
of testimony, and such judgment ought in no case to be 
criticised by the G. Lodge. — Wis., 12th s., 42. 

61. Q. — Suppose A. and B., both members of same 
Lodge, are travelling together, and A., in presence of B., 
takes from his pocket a bottle and drinks of spirituous 
liquors. On their return, B., as in duty bound, prefers 
charges against A., and A. denies it. Is B.'s testimony 
before the Committee or Lodge sufficient to convict? 

A, — It is, if believed. Questions of veracity and cred- 
ibility must be determined by the Committee or Lodge, 
the same as by courts and juries. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
1868. 

62. — Is the evidence of a member of the Order in good 
standing to be equalled or overbalanced by one of the 



86 CHARGES FOR VIOLATION OF PLEDGE. i 

members of a firm charged with violating law, they not j 
being Goorl Templars? 

A. — Witnesses of equal intelligence and equal standing 
in the community for integrity and truthfulness, in the 
judgment of the tribunal before whom they are testifying, 
will be received as equal, without reference to the question 
whether one of them is or is not a Good Templar. If one 
of them was found to be interested in the issue of the 
question on which he is testifying, it might affect his cred- 
ibility, but not his competency as a witness. — G. W. C. T. 
Hawkins, Iowa, 14th s., 8. 

63. Committees of Investigation are not only to inquire 
into the facts involved, but consider so much of the letter 
of the Constitution and By-Laws, together with the legal- 
ized interpretation of the same as bears on the case, be- 
fore determining the guilt or innocence of the accused or 
making anv recommendation of penalty to the Lodge. — 
Id.; G. W. C. T. Tallcott, Conn., 6th s., 45. 

64. In Quaker City Lodge, during the progress of an 
investigation of a charge for violation of obligation, appli- 
cation was made by the accused to the District Deputy to 
enjoin the Committee of Investigation from all farther 
proceedings, on the ground of alleged informalities of the 
charge, errors in appointing committee, etc., which was 
granted by the District Deputy. Bedded by G. W. C. T., 
that a Committee of Investigation cannot be restrained 
in their proceedings by a Deputy or G. W. C. T., but that 
the accused must wait until their report is made and acted 
upon by the Lodge, and then look to an appeal for redress 
of any grievance.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s. 

65. A Committee upon a charge for violation of Art. 2 
met, and only one witness appearing in obedience to 
the subpoena, adjourned after hearing that witness, and 
reported progress at next meeting of the Lodge, and 
asked for a continuation, so that they could hear all the 
evidence. A motion was made to discharge the committee, 
as there was no evidence against him, which the W. C. T. 



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rightly refused to entertain. A motion was then made to 
reject the report of the committee, which was carried. The 
W. C. T., not deeming this right, submitted it to G. W. C. 
T. Chase. Decided, That the committee have the powei 
to adjourn the hearing upon a charge from time to time 
until they have elicited all the facts in the case, and then 
they will make their report ; and in this case, upon mak- 
ing a report of progress, they are not required to ask a 
continuance, but should have proceeded with the hearing, 
even though the Lodge should vote to take the case out 
of their hands. Trial before a committee is a constitu- 
tional right, and when a charge is once referred to a com- 
mittee, the power of the Lodge over such charge and the 
accused is gone until a report is made from this committee, 
or they refuse or neglect to take any action in the case. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 19. 

66. Q, — Should the W. C. T. entertain a motion to dis- 
charge a committee which has been appointed to'investi- 
gate charges preferred against a member, and failed to act, 
in order to take a vote to expel the accused? A. — No. 
Each person charged with an offence, unless in case of 
contempt committed in open Lodge, is entitled to an in- 
vestigation or trial before a committee ; if a committee 
appointed fail to act, the Lodge should appoint a new 
one. — Id. 

67. If, after a charge has been preferred and referred to 
a committee, the accused in open Lodge denies the specific 
charge, but admits a violation of his obligation, the case 
ia not taken out of the hands of the committee. The 
Lodge may discharge if it see fit. 

Nor if he pleads guilty in open Lodge, but in the latter 
case, if the Lodge should fix his punishment immediately, 
the committee would be discharged by virtue of such 
action. A Lodge may consent to receive an acknowledg- 
ment after a charge has been made and referred. 

If the accused acknowledges his guilt to one of the com- 
mittee, and the knowledge of this admission is brought to 



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the committee, they could not report the charge not sii«- 
tained. — Neb., 5th s., 41. 

68. If one under charge pleads guilty to one of the com- 
mittee, report can be made without further investigation.— 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 44. 

69. A member cannot be legally tried in Committee of 
tlie Whole.— R. W. G. T. Orne, 17th s., 816. 

70. If a charge is preferred against a member or mem- 
bers, and said charge is dismissed by a vote of the Lodge 
without any investigation, does said Lodge forfeit its 
charter ? 

That must be left to the judgment of the Grand Lodge 
or its Executive Committee. — Id. 

71. Q. When a charge is preferred, committee ap- 
pointed, met, and the accused did not appear, what should 
be done ? 

A. If the accused had timely notice, the committee can 
proceed to investigate the case the same as though he was 
present, appointing some one to act as counsel for him, 
or they may at once make a report of his default, and 
recommend such punishment for the contempt as they 
deem sufficient. — G. W. C. T. Hawkins, Iowa, 14th s., 8. 

72. When an accused member fails to appear at the 
time of the citation to answer the charges, and renders 
no sufficient excuse, he is in contempt, and may be ex- 
pelled by the Lodge. — Iowa, 7th s., 10. 

73. When a member is cited to appear for trial, and 
does not appear, a motion to expel for contempt is in order 
before the charges are sustained. — Mich., 8th s., 18. 

74. A committee reports the accused guilty of contempt 
in not appearing for trial ; the Lodge immediately, and 
in the absence of the accused, votes to expel her. Held 
to be error. The accused must have proper notice of the 
charge of contempt, and be affi^rded a reasonable oppor- 
tunity to render the sufficient excuse " provided for in 
the Constitution.— G. W. C. T. De Wolf, 0. 15th s., 58. 



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75. An accused member cannot be reported " guilty of 
contempt " for refusing to appear before a Committee of 
Trial on the Sabbath-day ; for the reason that it involves 
a question of conscience. — Pa., 14th s., 13. 

76. The ordinary signs, such as whisky-breath, red face, 
foolish talk, and a little reeling, in a member, are sufficient 
evidence, if clearly proven^ to sustain an action. — Ibid. 
G. W. C. T. Campbell, Mo., 11th s., 8. O., 5th s., 11. 

77. A report on a charge should be put in writing by 
the committee, or some one for them, and signed by the 
committee.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

78. An offending brother must be notified when the 
report of a Committee of Investigation is to be acted upon, 
that he may appear and make his defense, if he have any. 
—Iowa, 8th s., 18. 

79. And he cannot be expelled, unless notice of the 
trial has been given him. — 111., 1857. 

80. A notice to an accused member to appear before the 
Lodge at the time when action is to be had on his case is 
not legal, unless the said notice has the Lodge seal at- 
tached.— G. W. C. T. Tallcott, Conn., 6th s., 48. 

81. Or a statement that the Lodge has no seal. — G. W. 
C. T. Chase, Pa., 1870. 

82. All official notices should be under seal, if the Lodge 
has one.— P. R. W. G. T. Chase, 1870. 

83. A Lodge, with the consent of the accused, may 
waive the right of notice, and go into trial on the night 
that the committee make their report, finding a member 
guilty of violation of law. The provision making it the 
duty of the Lodge to notify the accused of the time of 
trial was made for the benefit of the latter ; consequently, 
if he is ready for trial, and wishes the case to be con- 
sidered without further postponement, the Lodge may so 
determine.—G. W. C. T. Campbell, Mo., 11th s., 8. 

84. Where the report of the committee was acted upon 
at the meeting of its being received by the Lodge, the 
accused being present and making no objection, and being 



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heard in defense by counsel, held to be a waiver of notice, 
and of the requirement for report to lie over one week. 
— N. Y., 6th s., 45. 

85. A motion to adopt the report of an Investigating 
Committee is in order, and the vote must be by ballot. — 
G. W. C. T. Walkley, Conn., 4th s., 14. 

86. When a Committee on Charges bring in an illegal 
report, the Lodge should not receive it, but refer it back 
to the same or another committee. — 111., 13th s., 16. 

87. A Committee of Trial reporting a charge not sus- 
tained, the Lodge, on statement of the accuser that new 
evidence has been discovered, has a right to re-commit , 
before adopting the report. — Pa., 14th s., 14. 

88. A charge may be withdrawn by unanimous consent 
of the Lodge, upon the accuser stating in open Lodge that 
he made the charge in good faith, but, upon investigation, 
he has become satisfied that the accused is innocent. — 
Iowa, 2d s., 11. 

89. Q. A member of a Lodge preferred charges against 
a brother, in good faith, handing them to the W. C. T. at 
the commencement of the session; before the time arrived 
for the W. C. T. to refer them to a special committee, the 
member who preferred them became satisfied that he was 
wrong ; that the charges ought not to have been preferred, 
and applied to the W. C. T. for permission to withdraw 
the said charges ; this was refused by the W. C. T., he 
alleging that the prosecuting witness had no control over 
them after leaving his hands. Should the W. C. T. have 
allowed the member preferring to have withdrawn the 
charges ? 

A, He should.— G.W. C. T. Hawkins, Iowa, 14th s., 8. 

90. A Committee of Investigation can be discharged by 
the Lodge, and a new one appointed, before a report has 
been made.— N. Y., 2d s., 22. 

91. In case of a special charge of violation of obligation, 
stating time and place, and the committee are unable 
sustain said special charge, evidence of previous or su 



CHAKGES FOR VIOLATION OF PLEDGE. 91 

sequent violations is admissible and sufficient to convict. 
— N. Y., 2d s., 22. 

92. The Lodge is bound, in all cases, to receive the 
confession of an erring brother, whether made in open 
Lodge, or before the committee. — Ibid. 

93. A committee should not be sustained in presenting 
resolutions to the Lodge, for their action, without the 
testimony upon which they based their resolutions. — Ibid. 

94. When Committees of Investigation upon charges 
shall report to the Lodge, and there shall be found any 
illegality in the proceedings, or omission of duty on the 
part of the committee, it is the duty of such Lodge to 
refer the matter back to the same, or a new committee, 
for further action. The decision of a -Subordinate Lodge, 
in matters of this kind, would not be legal unless the 
duties of the Investigating Committee were constitution- 
ally performed. — Pa., 4th s., 20. 

95. It is not proper for a committee to write down and 
read in open Lodge statements that a witness may make 
in relation to a person not a member of the Order, nor 
concerned in the trial. Everything irrelevant to the case 
under consideration should be excluded. — G. W. C. T. 
Campbell, Mo., 11th s., 8. 

96. Q. Should a Lodge adopt the report of an Investi- 
gating Committee when they verbally report the charge 
sustained, and should the Lodge adopt the report before 
hearing the testimony ? 

A, The Lodge should hear the testimony before action 
upon the charges preferred, which testimony should be 
written.— Mich., 13th s., 27. 

97. Q. When charges are preferred against a member, 
is it the duty of the Committee of Investigation to furnish 
the accused with a copy of the collected testimony before 
making their report to the Lodge ? 

A, The accused cannot claim such a copy as a right, 
but, as a matter of courtesy, there is no reason why he 



92 CHABGES FOR VIOLATION OF PLEDGE. 



should not be allowed to make a copy for himself. — G. W. 
C. T. White, Vt., 5th s., 6. 

98. Upon the question to adopt the report of a Com- 
mittee of Investip^ation, whether the committee recom- 
mend fine, suspension, or expulsion, the evidence taken ^ 
before the committee should be read in open Lod^^e ; J 
nevertheless, when the evidence is of an improper cha- ?j 
racter to be read in open session, and so reported by the * 
committee, a Lodge is justified in passing a resolution to 
adopt, without hearing the evidence read, such evidence 
being placed on file and open to inspection. — 111., 163. 

99. A brother was charged with drinking intoxicating 
spirits. The committee reported charge not sustained, and 
the Lodge adopted the report. An appeal was taken on 
ground that the evidence was not correctly reported by the 
committee to the Lodge. The appeal was sustained by the 
Grand Lodge, the action of the Lodge reversed, and the 
case remanded for a new trial. — 111., 11th s., 45. 

100. Has a defendant, having failed to present any 
evidence before the committee, a right to bring his proof 
before the Lodge at its final hearing, or is he limited to 
the discussion of the evidence placed before the com- 
mittee ? 

A, He is limited to the discussion of evidence placed 
before the committee.— G. W. C. T. Gill, Mass., 818. 

101. When a committee fail to report at the proper 
time, it is not right for the Lodge to dismiss the com- 
plaint, but the committee should have further time 
granted them, or the charge be referred to a new com- 
mittee. — Ibid. 

102. Has the accused, after making his defense before 
the Lodge, a right to remain at the subsequent discussion 
of the case, retiring only when the time for taking the 
vote is reached, or do the words " then retire " mean 
immediately at the close of his own defense ? 

A. He must retire immediately at the close of his own 
defense. He has no right to stay while the Lodge is dis- 



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cussing the question of his guilt or innocence, and decid- 
ing on a verdict— G. W. C. T. Gill, Mass., 818. 

103. The Lodge having refused to sustain a charge 
against a brother, and the Secretary having notified the 
brother of the fact, the Lodge cannot, after that meeting, 
reconsider the vote and sustain the charge. — G. W. C. T. 
EiisselJ, Mich., 13th s., 18. 

104. When a member has been regularly tried upo» 
charges and acquitted, the action cannot be reconsidered 
by the Lodge, nor can he be arraigned for the same of- 
fence. — Iowa, 8th s., 35. 

105. Q. Suppose a Lodge excuses by vote any wrong 
done by a member, can the Lodge go back for a month or 
more and call it up ? A. No.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
17th s., 61. 

This decision is based upon the assumption that the 
Lodge means by " Excuse voting, the act done not 
a violation. 

106. When a Committee of Investigation report a charge 
not sustained, the report must be acted upon by the Lodge 
before the accused member is released. — Mich., 7th s., 27. 

107. When an Investigating Committee report a charge 
not sustained, the Lodge must either adopt the report (in 
which case the proceedings are at an end), or re-commit 
the charge to the same committee or to a new committee, 
for further investigation. When the committee report the 
charge sustained, the Lodge may re-commit for further 
investigation or lay over till the trial. — G. W. C. T. Ding- 
ley, Me., 9th s., 8. 

108. Where a committee report a charge not sustained, 
it must lie on the table one week, the same as a report 
sustaining charges, and the vote adopting the report must 
be by ballot.— G. W. C. T. Chase, 18th s., 43. 

109. When Committee of Investigation find the chargea 
against an accused member sustained, the report should 
be acted upon at the regular meeting at which the accused 



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is cited to appear, if not for good reasons postponed. — > 
'Mich., 9th s., 18. 

110. When a member has been regularly tried upon 
charges and acquitted, the action cannot be reconsidered 
by the Lodge, nor can he be arraigned for the same of- 
fence. — Iowa, 8th s., 35. 

111. Where a trial is fairly conducted in a Lodge and 
the accused is acquitted, the action of the Lodge on ques- 
tions of fact is final.— Pa., 18th s., 39; K Y., 6th s., 45. 

112. In trying a member for a violation of his obliga- 
tion, it is not right to go into the Committee of the Whole. 
The W. C. T. must be in the chair.— Iowa, 11th s., 7. 

113. Q, If charges are brought against a suspended 
member, should the W. C. T. admit such member to the 
Lodge room at the meeting for final trial ? 

A, Suspended members can claim no such privilege, 
yet if the Lodge think it necessary to an impartial trial 
they may be admitted during the trial, but must retire 
before the vote is taken, nor should any such person be 
admitted who had before been disorderly or refractory in 
Lodge.— G. W. C. T. Carr, 111., 13th s., 16. 

114. If a person holding a Clearance Card is charged 
With a violation of his pledge, he should be allowed to 
appear before the committee and the Lodge to defend his 
cause.— G. T., vol. 7., 10. 

115. And if such a member should be expelled, his card 
should be demanded of him. — Ibid. 

116. One against whom charges have been preferred and 
sustained cannot vote in the Lodge until he is reinstated. — 
G. W. C. T. Potter, N. J., 4th s., 9. 

117. Where a Lodge has received a member on card, 
such Lodge has jurisdiction over offences committed prior 
to the date of the card on which he was received. — N. Y., 
6th s., 67. 

118. Q. If a member of a Lodge brings a charge against 
a member, and upon trial produce no evidence, and in the 



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opinion of the Lodge the charge was malicious against 
Buch brother, is not the brother bringing said charge also 
Bubject to a charge and trial for such offense ? 

A. It is a matter entirely within the jurisdiction of 
the Lodge, unless it comes up in the form of an appeal to 
the Grand Lodge. — Mass., 216. 

119. Q. Where a Lodge is satisfied that a charge has 
been maliciously made against a member for the purpose 
of retaliation or revenge simply, can it refuse to accept 
and act upon it ? 

A. How can it be satisfied without investigation ? A 
Lodge cannot refuse to entertain charges when legally 
preferred, but he who maliciously prefers false charges 
must atone to an offended law. — Wis., 12th s., 22. 

120. On a plea of guilty, no reference is necessary to a 
committee, but the Lodge may proceed at once to impose 
the penalty.— Min., 3d s., 210 ; Can., vol, 14, p. 35 ; G. W. 
a T. Potter, N. J., 4th s., 9. 

121. On a member^s adrnksion of a violation of his 
obligation, the Lodge can fix the penalty without having 
a charge preferred, a committee appointed and a trial 
had.— Wis., 7th s., 29. 

122. But some penalty must always be imposed. The 
Lodge cannot reinstate on motion without fixing a penalty. 
— K. W. G. L., 9th s.; Ind., 7th s., 8.; Mich., 14th s., 38. 

123. Q, Should a committee be appointed to inquire 
in what particular members have violated the pledge, 
when they confess a violation in open Lodge ? 

A. If the member is present and makes his confession 
orally, and is not sufiiciently explicit, the Lodge may ques- 
tion him. If it is ivritten, and is not explicit, the Lodge 
should appoint a committee. — {Kansas, 2d s., 16. 

124. Admission of guilt to individual members of an 
Investigating Committee does not deprive an accused 
member of his right to a trial before the Lodge. The 
admission intended by the Constitution, in order to render 
it proper for the Lodge to forthwith proceed to punish 



96 CHARGES FOR VIOLATION OF PLEDGE. J 

without trial, must be made to the committee, as a wholM 
sitting to investigate the case. — G. W. C. T. Dingley, M9 
9th s., 8. ^ 

125. Tn case of contempt in open Lodge by a member, tho 
Lodge has a right to expel without the appointment of 
Committee of Investigation. — O., 4th s., 21 ; Mich., 16th 
s., 28. ~ 

126. But must always be at the same meeting when thei 
contempt is committed. — Wis., 6th s., 38. 

127. A case of contempt committed in open Lodge may 
be laid upon the table for future action. — Wis., 6th s., 21. 

128. But when so laid over, then a committee should 
be appointed to report the facts to another meeting, which, 
might be composed of many who were not present when 
the offence was committed, and would not be competent to 
vote upon the expulsion of the member, and then the 
vote must be had upon the report of the committee. — G» 
W. C. T. Hastings; Ibid., 38; 111., 9th s., 10. 

129. In case of contempt, not committed in open Lodge, 
as for instance when a member notified by a Committee 
of Investigation to give evidence before it, refuseSy the 
charge must be referred to a committee, as in other cases 
of violation of the obligation. — Mich., 7th s. Appeal of N. 
J. Shannon. 

130. The vote to expel must be by ballot. — Pa., 4th s., 
19. 

[So also it should be to suspend, fine or repri- 
mand.] 

131. It has been decided (Wis., 4th s., 19), that in case: 
of contempt it is not necessary to vote by ballot to expel) 
the member. That the adoption of the report by the' 
usual vote expelled the member. This is erroneous. The 
vote to inflict the penalty should be by ballot, the samei 
as if found guilty upon a charge preferred and investi^ 
gated by a committee. — R. W. G. T. Chase. 4 



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132. Lodges cannot suspend or expel by acclamation. — 
Iowa, 8th s., 38. 

133. A Lodge cannot expel a member for contempt, by 
a vote of the uplifted hand, nor can a Lodge expel a mem- 
ber at a special meeting, without stating in the call the 
object of the meeting. — Wis., 5th s., 34. 

134. Q. A member is on trial before a committee; the 
committee, instead of reporting on the charges referred to 
them, present a report that the member is guilty of con- 
tempt, and recommend his expulsion, and the Lodge 
adopt the report and expel the member. The action of 
Lodge is reversed, and the member restored by the D. D. 
on appeal : have the committee a right to go on with the 
original charges ? 

A. No ; the committee having presented a final reportj 
which was adopted by the Lodge, were thereby discharged, 
there is therefore no committee to take further action in the 
matter.— G. W. C. T. Tallcott, Conn., 6th s., 12. 

135. Q. A charge has been brought against a brother, 
and a written withdrawal is handed in at the same time, 
and a committee has been appointed; no witnesses appear, 
but the brother sends in a written defense of his case, and 
said committee bring in a report that the committee can- 
not agree. The Lodge accepts the report of the com- 
mittee, and appoints a new committee. Does not the 
withdrawal come in for action before they can appoint a 
second committee ; and, in such a case, are they not com- 
pelled to grant the withdrawal request? 

A, The discharge of the first committee for non-agree- 
ment does not finish the case. The withdrawal cannot 
take effect until the charsre is definitely disposed of. — 
Ibid., 46. 

136. A person who openly declares that he has no sym- 
pathy with his Lodge, and only remains to annoy mem- 
bers, can be tried and punished for contempt ; but a 
distinction should be made^between one who seeks to 

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injure the Order and one who feels aggrieved hy some 
action of the Lodge. — Ibid., 47. 

137. A Lodge may frame a by-law giving the W. C. T. 
power to fine a member for disorderly conduct ; but, in 
the absence of such law, regular charges must be made 
for violation of order, unless the case is so flagrant that it 
could be considered contempt, in which case action can 
be had at once.— G. W. C. T. Smith, Mo., 15th s., 41. 

138. Q. A member of Lodge B violated Art. 2. The 
day after the offense was committed he confessed it to a 
brother, and requested him to report the same to the 
Lodge, asking also to be re-obligated. Is it necessary in 
such a case to bring a charge, as the brother reported by 
proxy? 

-4. In this case, the brother having admitted the viola- 
tion to another member of the Lodge, and requested him 
to report the same to the Lodge, is sufficient to warrant 
them in proceeding to fix the penalty without having a 
charge preferred.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 57. 

139. When a Subordinate Lodge adopts the recommen- 
dation of a Committee of Investigation, declaring a per- 
son guilty of the charges, no further vote of the Lodge is . 
necessary to determine the guilt of the accused. — Conn.,J 
9th s., 48. ^ 

140. A violation of a rule of order must be considered, 
or steps be taken toward considering it, at the same 
meeting during which it occurred. — R. W. G. L., 18th s., 
1049. 

14 L So, where a member used disrespectful language 
toward another, and no notice was taken of it until the 
next meeting, when a charge was preferred for such lan- 
guage ; held that the charge could not be entertained, be- 
cause no notice was taken of it at the time the language 
was spoken. — Ibid., 1047. 

142. If a member charged with violating his pledge 
pleads guilty before a committee, who report a charge, 
the Lodge is bound to sustain the charge. — Ind., 6th s., 14. 



CHARGES FOR VIOLATION OF PLEDGE. 99 

143. If, upon a charge for divulging, the accused pleads 
(thoughtlessly) guilty, the committee cannot report the 
charges not sustained. — O., 10th s., 18. 

144. And a member cannot be permitted to withdraw 
under such circumstances, until he has been subjected to 
some prescribed penalty. — Ibid. 

145. If a member persistently refuse to obey the com- 
mands of the W. C. T., making use of insolent language 
to him and other members, he may be suspended or ex- 
pelled forthwith. — Ibid. 

146. When a member refuses to obey the gavel, it is not 
necessary to prefer charges, but the Lodge may forthwith 
affix such penalty as it deems proper. — G. W. C. T. Way, 
Ind., 13th s., 7. 

147. A charge for disorderly conduct in Lodge room, 
in that the accused refused to obey the directions of the 
W. C. T., alleging that he was ordered not to obey him 
by the D. G. W. C. T., who was present at the meeting. 
The proof substantiates the charge. 

The W. C. T. is the head of the Lodge, and, while in 
the chair, must necessarily be clothed with all the powers 
which parliamentary law gives to a presiding officer. 
A D. G. W. C. T., when present in a Lodge, unless 
actually presiding or engaged in his ritualistic duties, 
should not undertake to give orders to members, nor in- 
terfere with the duties of the chair, except to offer advice 
in a kind and respectful manner. If the chair does not 
heed his proper advice, he should do nothing leading to 
violence or conflict of authority in the Lodge room ; but 
should institute, in writing, disciplinary proceedings 
against him. Upon this principle, we think that the de- 
fense set up by the accused is untenable. — Mass., 424. 

148. Where a Lodge refuses to adopt the report of the 
committee finding the accused not guilty, the charges 
should be recommitted, with instructions to make further 
investigations, or discharge the committee and appoint a 
new one.— Ind., 17th s., 38. 



100 CHARGES FOR VIOLATION OF PLEDGE. 

149. The mere preference of a charge against a Lodge 
of which a Grand OflScer is a menaber, does not suspend 
such Grand Officer, nor prevent him from filling and per- 
forming his duties as such Grand Officer. — K. W. G. T. 
Chase, 8th s., 7. Wis., 6th s., 21. 

150. An officer of a Lodge is not debarred from dis- 
charging the duties of his office while charges are pend- 
ing against him. When the trial is progressing before 
the Lodge, delicacy would prompt him to suspend work. 
The law presumes every member innocent until adjudged 
guilty. If the rule were difierent, an unworthy member 
might prefer charges against all the officers, and thereby 
arrest the action of the Lodge; or, a member under 
charge might procure charges to be preferred against all 
the members he supposed might vote against him, and 
thereby defeat the ends of justice. — G. T., vol. 6, 42. 
Me., 9th s., 8. 

151. And a W. C. T. has no right to deprive a member 
of his seat as an officer of the Lodge while charges are 
pending against him. — Wis., 6th s., 7. Iowa, 9th s., 24. 

152. But he has no right to be present while the vote is 
being taken on his punishment. — Ind., 12th s., 33. 

153. Q. The Constitution, Art. VIIL, sec. 2, says : 
" The accused shall have an opportunity to speak in his 
defence, and shall then retire. The Lodge shall then de- 
cide the question, and if they find him guilty," etc. Now 
does either the act of his retiring from the Lodge-room, 
or the action of Lodge finding him guilty, constitute 

suspension " within the meaning of the latter clause of 
2d sec. of Art. YIII. ? Can a member be suspended, ex- 
cept by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, on 
a motion to ^' suspend ? 

A. No ; to both questions. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
18th s., 43. 

154. A charge may be sustained and a member expelled 
for violation of pledge, where the only proof is that he 
was seen intoxicated. — Wis., 5th s., 42. 



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155. When an accused member pleads, in justification, 
til at he used the liquor as a medicine, the only testimony 
that shall be deemed sufficient to exculpate him, shall be 
the certificate, in writing, of a regular practicing physi- 
cian, subject, however, to the approval of the Lodge. — 
Iowa, 7th s., 26. 

156. In the case of Bro. Geo. F. Adams, of No. 474, 
Mo., the evidence showed the taint of brandy, only in the 
breath of the accused ; but it was admitted by him, that 
he had drank a medicinal mixture, compounded of one- 
half brandy, one-quarter laudanum and one-quarter tinc- 
ture of ginger ; and the verdict of guilty was rendered, 
on the ground that this mixture was " taken as a medicine, 
without being prescribed by a physician." 

On appeal to Grand Lodge, 

Decided, that the composition of the drink was such, as 
to preclude the possibility of its being used as a beverage, 
within the meaning of the Constitution, consequently that 
the use of the mixture "as a medicine" was not a viola- 
tion of obligation ; and that the brother should be rein- 
stated. This case was adjudicated by G. W. C. T. Camp- 
bell, and approved by G. Lodge. — Mo., 11th s., 7. 

In this case the G. W. C. T. took the ground that 
it was not likely that a sensible man like Bro. Adams, 
would use as a beverage a liquor of which one-fourth 
part was a deadly poison ; and the brother was rein- 
stated, cautioned, however, against the indiscreet use, 
in future, of any medical compoilnd, of which spirit- 
uous liquor forms a part. 

157. The smell of liquor upon a member^s breath is not 
sufficient evidence within itself to convict for a violation 
of his obligation. — Iowa, 11th s., 7. 

Query. — Would it not be sufficient, where the 
member's breath is constantly polluted by the fumea 
of whisky ? 



102 CHARGES FOR VIOLATION OF PLEDGE. 

158. A brother was charged with drinking wine. Tes- 
timony was offered to prove that he drank cider. The 
W. C. T. was called upon to decide whether the commit- 
tee was confined to the one charge mentioned, or could 
hear evidence of other violations of his pledge, not men- 
tioned in the charge. He decided that they were confined 
to the one charge mentioned. The Grand Lodge, on ap- 
peal, sustained the decision of the W. C. T., because the 
particular specifications, with reasonable clearness, are 
required to be set forth, and a true copy of the same 
placed in the hands of the accused, that he may be noti- 
fied of the charges against him, and be enabled to prepare 
his defense. — 111., 11th s., 44. 

159. Q. A member was charged with violating By- 
Law No. 11 ; the proof showed that he had been seen to 
enter a billiard saloon and play at that game once only ; 
liquor being kept for sale in said saloon. The committee 
decided that the evidence did not show that the member 
had become addicted to any vicious or immoral habits 
that would disgrace himself, or bring the Order into dis- 
repute, and so reported. The charge was not sustained. 
Should it have been ? 

A. No ; and the charge should not have been brought, 
unless there was proof or evidence to sustain it. — G. W. 
C. T. Hawkins, Iowa, 14th s., 9. 

160. A member, guilty of a crime, subjecting him to 
criminal prosecution, must have a charge preferred, and 
be regularly tried. The facts of a conviction in a court 
of justice, however, •vvould be abundant evidence for a 
committee to report the charge sustained. — G. W. C. T. 
Spencer, ()., 10th s., 23. 

161. Q. A brother got excited in open Lodge and said 
if certain things were not satisfactorily arranged within a 
reasonable time, he would not meet any more with the 
Lodge. (He did not say he would withdraw.) Two 
weeks had elapsed, and on the second meeting of the 
Lodge a motion was made to expel him, when a question 
arose, Should not a charge be preferred?" The W. C 



CHARGES FOR VIOLATION OF PLEDGE. 103 



T. decided it not necessary, because the brother said in 
open Lodge that he would not meet with it any more. He 
was expelled and had no notice of the fact until the quar- 
ter was out for which he had paid dues. The brother felt 
aggrieved — that he never intended to withdraw from the 
Order, but to pay his dues and not be an attending mem- 
ber. The question is, should charges have been preferred 
and the brother notified, that he could have made a de- 
fence ? 

A. Yes. No member can be expelled without due 
notice that a charge is preferred, except as is laid down 
in the law, or upon a voluntary plea of guilty. — Ind., 7th 
8., 9. 

162. A member was charged with violation of his pledge, 
by drinking ale, and was cited regularly to appear for 
trial. At time of trial he appeared and said he was not 
ready for trial, and would not be for one year. The 
Lodge proceeded with the trial and expelled him. De- 
cision sustained by Grand Lodge as regular, on appeal. — 
Iowa, 7th s., 10. 

163. If a member be admitted into a Lodge, and it is 
afterward charged that such member has committed some 
offence which made him amenable to the laws of the land, 
such member can be tried and expelled from the Lodge, 
although such crime had been committed before he be- 
came a member of the Order. — Kansas, 1862. 

164. A charge may be preferred against a Lodge Deputy, 
lie is as much under jurisdiction of a Subordinate Lodge 
as any other member. — O. P., vol. 1, No. 1. 

165. A charge may be preferred for slander. — Vt., 5th 
8., 16. 

166. Violations of the Kules of Order are not triable as 
provided in Art. 8 of the C5onstitution. — Mich., 11th s., 
14. 

That is, not triable like violations of the pledge or 
obligation. See ante. Sec. 140-1. 



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167. If a charge be brought against a member, and the 
member bringing it refuses to appear before the Commit- 
tee of Investigation, such charge can be brought again. — 
Wis., 6th s., 21. 

Of course it can, but it is not necessary to brin<]r 
the charge again. The committee can proceed and 
investigate the charge whether the accuser appears 
before them or not. If it is necessary for the accuser 
to appear before the committee, either as a witness, 
or to aid the committee in their investigation, they 
may summon him, and if he refuse to obey the sum- 
mons he is in contempt, and may be punished there- 
for. 

168. Where a member has been suspended for three 
months for a violation of the pledge, the decision may be 
reconsidered by the Lodge any time during his suspen- 
sion.— Mich., 7th s., 26. 

This decision is erroneous. The motion to recon- 
sider such action must be made at the same meeting, 
though, if not desirable to act upon it, the action 
upon the motion to reconsider might be postponed 
to any future time, within the period of his suspen- 
sion. 

169. The report of a committee appointed to investi- 
gate charges, properly comes under the Order of Business, 

Reports of Special Committees,'' after initiation. — 111., 
6th s., 26. 

170. In Lincoln Lodge, No. 618, 111., a brother was 
chargefl with frequenting a saloon with others, and drink- 
ing. The accused admitted the visiting the saloon and 
drinking, but demanded the evidence that what he drank 
was intoxicating. The committee reported the evidence 
not sufficient to sustain the charge. The Lodge sustained 

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CHARGES FOR VIOLATION OF PLEDGE. 105 

the report, and acquitted the accused. G-. W. C. T. Carr, 
on the appeal, sustained the appeal, and remanded the 
case for a new trial, as the action of the Lodge was not 
according to law, testimony or the accused's own confes- 
sion. Tlie Grand Lodge sustained the G. W. C. T.— 111., 
13th s., 17 and 68. 

17L In Fidelity Lodge, No. 322, certain members were 
suspected of revealing the P. W. The W. 0. T., acting 
the part of a secret detective, gave to them a fictitious 
word, which, after testing at a neighboring Lodge, one of 
tliem revealed. The W. C. T. brought charge against him 
for revealing the password. The committee reported 
charges not sustained, which the Lodge approved. Grand 
Lodge, on appeal, dismissed the appeal, upon the ground 
that as the brother never had ihe password, he could not 
be guilty of revealing it. — 111., 13th s., 18 and 68. 

A brother was charged with writing the current pass- 
word on a Meeting House, and tried, found guilty and 
expelled. He appealed, on the ground that he did not 
receive the password from a member of the Lodge, which 
appeal was dismissed, and the Lodge sustained. 

172. A member has no right to divulge the password, 
no matter how he became possessed of it. 2. Writing or 
scribbling anything on a church is unbecoming a Good 
Templar.— Ibid, 13th s., 19. 

173. Q. Is a brother who has been found guilty of a 
charge by a committee, liable to a charge for persuading 
members to go to Lodge and vote against the adoption of 
the report of said committee ? 

A. No.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 46. - 

174. Q. Can continued non-attendance form the ground 
of a charge preferred against a brother, who, after being 
remonstrated with, still persists in it, without any valid 
excuse ? Could it result in a sentence of suspension or 
expulsion, although the fees have been regularly paid ? 

A, Yes ; a part of the final charge of the W. C. T. to 
the initiate \i -Jiat *'you are expected to be present at all 



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our meetings;" and a willful, unexcused and continued 
absence from Lodge meetings is actionable, and may be 
punished as the Lodge may deem best. — P. R. W. G. T. 
Chase, G. L. Scotland, 223. 



Charters. | 

1. A member who desires to sign an application for a 
new Lodge, should apply and get a clearance card from 
his Lodge before he becomes a member of the new Lodge. 
But, in case he fails to get his clearance card, and is in 
good standing, clear on the books in his Lodge, he may 
sign the application and unite with the new Lodge ; but, 
when he does so, he then dissolves all connection with the 
former Lodge, and is a member of the new Lodge. If he 
is not in good standing, or is in arrears, he cannot be a 
charter member of any Lodge until all arrears are paid, 
and a clearance card obtained. — G. W. C. T. Ball, N. Y., 
2d s., 7. 

2. Q. What is the law of our Order touching the grant- 
ing of charters for Lodges composed of persons of African 
descent? And (2) as to the expediency of such action? 

A, There is no law of our Order that would interfere 
with the granting of charters for Lodges composed of per- 
sons of African descent ; and my own opinion is that it 
would be expedient to encourage them in every way in 
our power, to protect themselves from the evils of intem- 
perance, and to aid us in our efforts to drive intemperance 
from the land. I have a most earnest desire that, in meet- 
ing questions of this kind, the Order of Good Templars 
may always take the high ground of Christian principle, 
and trust in God that all will be well in the end. — E. W. 
G.T. Hastings, 12th s., 7. 

3. In forming Lodges of colored persons proceed, in all 
cases, as though they were white. I do not understand that 
our Order takes into account the color of a person's skin, 
any more than it does the color of his hair or eyes. — Ibid. 



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107 



4. All members present on the night of the organiza- 
tion of a Lodge should be considered charter members, 
whether their names appear on the charter or not. — R. W. 
G. L., 12th 8., 40. 

5. All whose names are on the application, and are 
initiated during the first three months, and also any 
others who may join at the time of the institution of the 
Lodge, are charter members. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
20th s. 111., 9th s., 10. Vt., 5th s., 6. 

6. The words " charter members in sec. 1 of Art. VIL, 
Sub. Lodge Cons., refer to Subordinate Lodges, — not De- 
gree Temples or Degree Lodges, — Ibid. 

7. After a Lodge has been instituted, the members have 
the right to say whether charter applicants shall be received 
as charter members or not. A two-thirds vote shall de- 
cide pro or con. We do not vote to elect charter appli- 
cants after the Lodge is instituted. — G. W. C. T. Ball, 
N. Y. 

8. Q. How long after a Lodge is organized can char- 
ter members be allowed to take the degrees without ballot 
or probation, and the Lodge be exempt from the five-cents 
tax to the G. L. ? 

A, Three months.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 45. 

9. Is it proper to allow persons to sign an application 
for a charter and be initiated as charter members of a 
new Lodge, who are members of other Lodges, but have 
not attended the meetings for a year, and say they will 
never again attend the meetings ? No ; a member must 
dissolve all connection with one Lodge, either by " card 
or clearance," or resignation of membership in the Order, 
before joining another Lodge. — R. W. G. T. Orme, 15th 

B., 9. 

10. A charter member has the right to be initiated 
during the term in which the Lodge is organized ; but he 
may be tried for bad conduct, committed after he signs 
his name as a petitioner, and, if found guilty, he may, by 



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vote of the Lodge, be refused initiation. — G. W. C. 
De Wolf, O., 15th s., 58. 

11. A Subordinate Lodge has no authority to erase t 
name of a regular charter member from its charter, afte 
such member has withdrawn or been expelled from the 
Order.— Ind., 7th s., 8. 

12. It is proper for a Lodge to erase the name of an ap- 
plicant for charter, who has never presented himself for 
initiation.— E. W. G. T. Chase, 6th s., 9. 

13. When Crescent Lodge, No. 2, Mass., was instituted, 
three brothers asked cards of clearance from No. 1, they 
l)eing petitioners for charter No. 2. No. 1 had no cards, 
and the W. S. gave no certificate, as cards were daily ex- 
pected from the R. W. G. S. The Deputy waived the 
informality, and these brothers withdrew. He had re- 
ceived his card from No. 1, but had neglected to deposit 
it in No. 2 ; he had signed the Constitution of No. 2, and 
acted as P. W. C. T. for the first term, but afterward 
claimed to be yet a member of No. 1. No. 2 Lodge 
claimed also the right to erase his name from their char- 
ter. Decided that — 

''The members having joined No. 2, thus, cannot after- 
ward claim to belong to No. 1, even though they had not 
deposited their cards, and No. 2 Lodge cannot erase their 
names from the charter." — Ibid. 

14. When a Subordinate Lodge, not more than one year 
in arrears, surrenders its charter, and afterward any of 
its members who were in good standing at the time of its 
surrender, desire to revive and go to work again, they 
may refer the case to the G. W. C. T. and G. W. S., who 
may, when satisfied, issue a new charter without the usual 
fee.— III., 1858. 

15. A Lodge may voluntarily surrender its charter while 
under a charge. — Mass., 127. 

16. A Lodge cannot be instituted with the understand- 
ing that no persons, other than those who have indulged 
in the intoxicating cup, shall be admitted. — Iowa, 14th s., 7. 



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109 



17. The chartered location or name of a Lodge may 
be changed by direction of the G. W. C. T., when two- 
thirds of the members shall vote to ask for the same ; the 
motion for the same having laid over one week. — Maine, 
9th s., 5. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 18. 

18. Any wilful infraction of the Constitution, upon a 
material point, is such a violation as to work a forfeiture 
of charter. For example, most of our Subordinate Con- 
stitutions require suspensions or expulsions to be by a 
majority ballot vote at a regular meetiug — hence expulsion 
by a viva voce vote, however unanimous, or at a special 
meeting, would be such a violation of the Constitution as 
to work a forfeiture of charter. Again, our Constitutions 
generally require that "applications for degrees shall be 
accompanied by the amount required therefor." Now, if 
a Lodge should only require the fee to be paid before the 
degree was conferred, it would not be such a material vio- 
lation as to work a forfeiture of charter. — R. W. G. T. 
Chase, 7th s,, 12. 

19. In event that a Subordinate Lodge wilfully violates 
the Constitution by a vote of the Lodge, it forfeits its 
charter.— R. W. G. L., 19th s., 98. 

20. It is not proper for a Lodge to hold its regular 
meetings on Sabbath evenings, and such action works a 
forfeiture of charter.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 6lh s., 9. Ky., 
6th s., 40. 

21. But it may hold special meetings on the Sabbath. — 
CaL, 3d s., 10. 

22. Any violation by a Lodge of either the Grand or 
Subordinate Constitution, or a refusal to pay the assess- 
ments regularly made upon it, works a forfeiture of the 
charter. Also, refusal to submit to the decrees of the 
Grand Lodge, or purchasing cards, odes or private work 
of the Order from any other source than the Grand Lodge, 
works a forfeiture of the charter. — R. W. G. T. Chase. 

23. A Subordinate Lodge has no authority to pass a 
resolution that no action be taken in cases of drinking 



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Bweet cider, and any Lodge doing so forfeits its charter. — 
Wis., 10th s., 23. 

24. A Lodge forfeits its charter by striking out of the 
pledge the word " Cider."— Can., vol. 14, p. 13 ; 111., 1860. 

25. A Lodge violates the Constitution by ''excusing a 
member from all blame" who has violated his pledge, 
without inflicting some penalty, and is liable to charge. — 
Ibid., 4. 

26. A Lodge refusing to use the Bible in its initiatory 
ceremony, thereby forfeits its charter. — Can., vol. 9, 14. 

27. A Lodge passing a resolution prohibiting the pro- 
posal and initiation of females and adhering thereto, for- 
feits its charter. — Can., vol. 15, 12. 

28. Subordinate Lodges can suspend alternate meetings 
without forfeiture of charter, by constitutionally amending 
their By-Laws.— Min., 6th s., 28. 

29. Milwaukee Lodge, No. 136, passed a resolution ask- 
ing G. W. C. T. to revoke Albert Grant's commission as 
Deputy, and also asking the said Bro. Grant to resign as a 
Deputy, Trustee and member of the Lodge. Decided, 
correctly too, by G. W. C. T. Hastings, not to be repre- 
hensible, and not to furnish a reason for revoking the 
charter. — Wis., 6th s., 35. 

30. Resolutions passed by a Subordinate Lodge, of a 
reprehensible character, upon Grand Lodge oflSicers, is a 
reason for demand of charter. — 111., 162. 

31. Keprehensible resolutions are those of censure. Sub- 
ordinate Lodges have no right to pass such upon a Grand 
Lodge ofhcer, though they may petition for the removal 
of such and state their reasons for it, confining them to 
the fects. For instance, a Lodge petitions the G. W. C. T. 
to remove a Deputy, stating that he neglects to install their 
officers; but they would have no right to give as a reason 
that he had violated his pledge. If such was the fact, a 
charge should be preferred in a constitutional way, and 
the Grand Lodge officer properly tried. — K. W. G. T. 
Chase, 7th s., 8. 



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Ill 



32. The taking away of the charter of a Lodge is a 
thing that should never be done, except in cases where the 
facts are such as to show beyond all question that the good 
of the Order requires it, and then it should only be done 
by the authority of the G. W. C. T., or in those cases 
where others are associated with him in the exercise of 
those high powers by the body in whom the power is 
vested. 

33. And upon due notice of the proposition to take 
away such charter having been given to the Lodge, the 
charter of which is proposed to be taken away, by the G. 
W. C. T. or his Deputy, for at least two weeks before final 
action thereon.— R. W. G. L., 12th s., 40. 

34. The G. W. C. T., or those associated with him, as 
officers of the Grand Lodge, during the interim of sessions, 
or the Grand Lodge when in session, have the right to 
declare the charter of a Lodge forfeited. — G. W. C. T. 
Ball, N. Y., 2d s., 7. 

35. The Lodge Deputy has the right to surrender the 
eliarter of his Lodge to the G. W. C. T. any time after it 
has been declared null and void by lawful authority. — 
Ibid. 

36. When the charter of a Lodge be forfeited and taken 
away, such a Lodge ceases to exist. — Ibid. 

37. In the event the offending Lodge is not unanimous 
in the action which forfeits its charter, great care should 
be taken to protect the non-offending members. When a 
charter is taken from a Lodge, the members who sustain 
the action for which the charter is forfeited occupy the 
position of expelled members, and should be so treated. 
Those who oppose such action and are loyal to the Order, 
should be furnished with certificates as provided in the 
Digest, page 113-45 — or in case this is impracticable, the 
officers taking away the charter should furnish the neces- 
sary certificates to procure the proper card from the G. 
W. S.— R. W. G. L., 12th s., 40. 

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institute a new Lodge in the same locality, immediately 
on the receipt of the proper application fee, etc., but no 
member of the old Lodge who sustained the action that 
caused the forfeiture of the charter, can be received as a 
charter member, or received into the Lodge as an initiate 
any sooner than any other expelled member. — Ibid. 

39. A Lodge, having been instituted, cannot have its 
charter taken away because of alleged illegalities or mis- 
representations connected with its organization. It must 
be treated as a Lodge in good standing. — R. W. G. L., 790. 

This decision aflGirins the principle that there is 
no appeal from the action of the Ex. Com. of a G. 
L. in granting charters, where the Lodges so chart-j 
ered have been organized. i 

40. No Subordinate Lodge can surrender its charter, or 
be dissolved, so long as the number of members in good 
standing required to institute a new Lodge, object thereto, 
and to give all an opportunity to make such objection, at 
least one week's notice should be given of the time when 
such resolution is to be acted upon. In most Grand 
Lodges this number is ten.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 10. 

41. A motion to surrender the charter of a Lodge or 
Temple must be presented in writing, and laid on the 
table at least two weeks before the time designated for 
the motion to be acted upon, which must be at a regular 
meeting. The vote to surrender cannot be adopted if 
ten members in good standing object thereto. — Conn., 6th 
B., 25. 

42. Must lie over one week, and the Sec, by printed or 
written notice under seal (if the Lodge has one), notify 
every member resident in the city, township or village 
where such Lodge is located of the time when such res- 
olution will be acted on.— G. W. C. T. Potter, K J., 3d 

6., 8. 

43. A Lodge cannot surrender its charter unless every 
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proposition is to be acted upon. — G. W. C. T. Nichols, 
111., 18th s., 8. 

44. In the surrender or forfeiture of the charter of a 
Subordinate Lodge, the Grand Lodge has no control over 
its property, other than the rituals and cards containing 
the private work of the Order.— E. W. G. T. Chase, 1859. 

45. In the surrender of a charter of a Lodge, the G. 
W. S. is bound to furnish to all who were members in 
good standing at the time of the surrender, who apply, 
and furnish the proper evidence of their right to receive 
it, a certiticate substantially in the form found on page 
150 of Chasers Digest, Sixth Edition.— E. W. G. T. Has- 
tings, 14th s., 12. 

46. In event of the Executive Committee of the Grand 
Lodge revoking a charter of a Subordinate Lodge, and 
the Lodge refusing to surrender the charter, said Lodge 
shall be declared to be in a state of insubordination to the 
constituted authorities of the Grand Lodge, and not entitled 
to any of the rights, privileges or benefits of a Subordi- 
nate Lodge.— E. W. G. L., 19th s., 98. 



Clearance Cards. 

1. A member desiring to sever his connection with a 
particular Lodge, or to transfer his membership from one 
Lodge to another, should make either personal or written 
application to the Lodge with which he is connected, for 
a card of clearance, and it will be the duty of the Lodge 
to grant it, provided the person applying is clear of the 
books, and is not under charge or liable to charge. — Maine, 
9th s., 6. E. W. G. T. Chase. E. W. G. T. Hastings. 

2. The validity of this card is for one year. — E. W. G. L., 
7th s., 30. 

3. A vote of the Lodge is in all cases necessary to grant 
a clearance or traveling card.— Iowa, 7th s., 25. N. H., 66. 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 19. 

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4. And can only be granted in open Lodge. — Wis., 6th 
s., 23. 

5. Members have no right to vote on their own applica- 
tion for a card. — Mass., 127. 

6. A Lodge has no right to refuse a card of clearance 
to any applicant, unless a charge is, or is about to be, pre- 
ferred.— G. W. C. T. Spencer, O., 10th s., 22. K. W. G. T. 
Chase. 

7. A Lodge can grant a clearance card to a member 
who does not state whether he intends to join another 
Lodge or not. The Lodge has no right to question the 
motives of the applicant. All members in good standing, 
and who are clear of the books, are entit^led to cards. — 
Ind., 6th s., 14. G. W. C. T. Way, Ind., 13th s., 6. 

8. They should not be granted to members who do not 
wish to be retained in the Order, and so express them- 
selves.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 18. 

9. Q. Lodge A refused^ by a vote of four to six, to grant 
a clearance card to a member ; whereupon, the W. C. T. 
declared the card granted. Now, why is it necessary for a 
Lodge to vote on the granting of a card, when, in fact, a 
Lodge has not the right to refuse application for the same ? 

A. There are certain facts necessary to exist before a 
member is entitled to a clearance card ; such as, he must 
be clear on the books, not liable to charge, and not having 
declared his intentions to leave the Order, etc. ; and there 
is no way of deciding these questions, except by a vote of 
the Lodge. For example, if the W. C. T. and Sec. were 
allowed to give cards to all applicants, without a vote of 
the Lodge, a card might be issued to one who would be 
known to be liable to charge by some of the members, 
though not known to the officers issuing the card. Thus, 
a member goes out, commended to the confidence of other 
Lodges as worthy, who is really unworthy^ and ought to be 
the subject of discipline. 

In the case cited in the question, the W. C. T. was in 
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was against it ; and in that, and all other cases, when it 
appears that the Lodge, without valid cause and at its own 
caprice, refuses to grant a card, the G. W. C. T. will see 
that a card is granted by the G. Secretary, and the Lodge 
punished for its contumacy. What is' meant, then, by the 
decision that a Lodge has n.0 right to refuse a clearance 
card is, that if the Lodge refuse to grant the card, without 
cause, the G. Lodge will give redress by granting such 
card and punishing the Lodge, and not that a negative 
vote of the Lodge is to be disregarded by the W. C. T. 

The same principle is illustrated in other cases, viz. : a 
Lodge has no right to refuse to pay tax to G. Lodge ; but 
it cannot be paid except by a vote of the Lodge appropri- 
ating the money ; a Lodge, having found a member guilty 
of a violation of obligation, has no right to refuse to im- 
pose some penalty, and yet no penalty can be inflicted 
without a vote of the Lodge; a Lodge has no right to 
refuse to correct an error in the journal, and yet it requires 
a majority vote to correct, etc. — G. YV, C. T. Chase, Pa., 
1870. Conn., 6th s., 46. 

10. Clearance and traveling cards must be granted in 
open Lodge, and a vote of the Lodge is required. The 
principles contained in opinion of G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa. 
(ante 9), are hereby affirmed.— K. W. G. L., 19th s., 97. 

11. The vote must be a majority vote. — K. W. G. L., 
18th 8., 1050. 

12. A Lodge is compelled to grant a clearance card to 
a member applying who is clear from all charges, under 
sec. 2, Art. IX., irrespective of the intention of such 
member to remove from the jurisdiction of such Lodge. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 21. 

13. Q, Can a clearance card be properly granted to any 
member, except one who is about to remove from the 
place where his Lodge is located ? 

A, Yes.— Iowa, 7th s., 32. 

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Lodge (and not with the Order), without a clearance- 
card. — Mass^ 127. 

15. Where a Constitution provides that application for 
cards of clearance be made "in open Lodge," and at "a 
regular meeting," decided that such cards may be granted 
at a special meeting, legally called, as such called meeting 
is just as regular as any stated meeting. — G. W. C. T. 
Campbell, Mo., 11th s., 8. 

16. A member may apply for a card, in person, by let- 
ter, or through a friend.— Ibid. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
18th 8., 44. 

17. A declaration of intention cannot be regarded as an 
application for a clearance card ; hence the time of making 
formal application, and not of any previous declaration, 
Ls the period when a person must be clear of all charges. 
—Conn., 6th s., 46. 

18. Granted by a Lodge, cannot be withheld by the 
Secretary.— G. W. C. T. Winter, Conn., 9th s., 17. 

19. Granting a clearance card to a F. Sec. before re- 
ceiving his resignation of office: held, error. A member 
holding any trust in a Lodge is not " clear on the books " 
until the Lodge has approved of this trust. — N. Y., 8th 
8^ 9. 

20. The Treasurer of a Subordinate Lodge should re- 
sign, and turn over to the Lodge all papers, books, money, 
etc., belonging to the Lodge, before he makes an applica- 
tion for a clearance card, and his resignation should be 
accepted by the Lodge before the clearance card is 
granted.— G. W. C. T. Ball, N. Y., 7th s., 11. 

21. A Lodge that charges a fee for a clearance card has 
a right to refuse to grant the card until the fee is paid. — 
Wis., 10th 6., 12. 

22. A member is not entitled to a card unless the fee for 
the card accompanies the application. — G. W. C. T. Ward, 
N. Y., 8th 6., 12. 

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that it be issued by the W. S. when the fee is paid. — Cal., 
3d s., 11. 

24. A member is entitled to a clearance card though in 
arrears in his Degree Temple. — Conn., 8th s., 21. 

25. A clearance card must be signed by the W. C. T., 
and is not a legal card unless so signed. — Ibid. G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. 

26. Hereafter the Degree and honors to which the mem- 
ber may have attained shall be inserted in clearance and 
traveling cards. — R. W. G. L., 15th s., 37. — Can., vol. 
17, 15. 

27. One clearance card will not suffice for more than 
one person to leave a Lodge. — Cal., 7th s., 28. 

28. When a member calls for a clearance card, the 
Lodge grants it, and he refuses to pay for it ; he is still a 
member of the Lodge, and remains so, until the fee is 
paid.— 111., 7th s., 30. 

29. In case a member pays his quarterly dues in ad- 
vance, and before the quarter ends, calls for a card, none 
of the amount paid for dues should apply on the purchase 
of such card. — Mich., 6th s., 7. 

30. If a member, having paid up all demands to the 
close of this quarter, should, on the first night of next 
quarter, previous to installation of officers, apply for a 
clearance card, he would be entitled to it. — Wis., 6th s., 8. 

31. And in such case, if the Constitution required the 
application to lie over one week, and it so lies over, no 
dues should be required. — G. T., v. 5, 14. 

32. He cannot receive a clearance card after the meet- 
ing at which the officers are installed, without paying 
dues for that term.— G. W. C. T. Dillingham, N. H., 35. 

33. Depositing a card in a post-office, by request of the 
member to whom it is granted, constitutes a legal delivery 
of the same. — Iowa, 10th s., 7. 

34. A member can withdraw an application for a card, 
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vote granting the same— 111., 103. G. W. C. T. Dingley, 
Me., 9th s., 7. 

35. The reconsideration, of course, preceding the vote 
of consent to the application being withdrawn ; and to be 
made on the same night on which the application is 
granted.— Ibid. E. W. G. T. Chase. 

36. This, however, can only be done before the card is 
delivered. After delivery^ the same ballot must be had on 
re-adraission as in an original proposition. — Cal., 3d s., 11. 
G. W. C. T. Stewart, O. G. T., vol. 5, 29. 

37. The passage of a vote tft grant an application for a 
card of clearance, even though the card be not instantly 
handed him, severs the connection of the member with 
the Lodge, and he has no right, after that, to vote or re- 
main in the Lodge room. The card itself is only for the 
convenience of the person applying, to show that he is a 
member of the Order, and to commend him to other 
Lodges.— G. W. C. T. Dingley, Me., 9th s., 7. Pa., 4th 
s., 22. Ind., 6th s., 14. K. W. G. T. Chase. 

38. A member to whom a clearance has been votedj but 
not delivered, is considered as holding the card from the 
time it is granted, and has no right to a seat in a Subordi- 
nate Lodge, nor to use the quarterly password. — Ind., 13th 
8., 32. 

This was appealed to the R. W. G. L., in which 
the Committee on Appeals unanimously/ recommended 
that the decision be sustained. Their report was 
laid over until next year, and the appeal ordered to 
be published in the Journal. 

39. Persons holding clearance cards are not entitled to 
visit, even the Lodge granting such cards, even though in 
possession of the P. W, for the current quarter. If card 
members desire to enjoy the privileges of Good Templars, 
they must deposit their cards, and unite again with some 
Lodge.— Iowa, 9th s., 25. G. W. C. T. Chase, 1868. 
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40. Nor have they a right to a seat in the G. Lodge. — 
Cal., 7th s., 28. 

41. They have no riglit to sit in or visit any Lodge, 
although they still continue members of the Order, but of 
no particular Lodge. For a breach of their obligation, 
however, they will continue amenable to the Lodge hav- 
ing granted the card. — G. W. C. T. Dingley, Me., 9th s., 7. 
Ky., 6th s., 40. 

42. It is contrary to our laws for a Lodge habitually to 
admit to a seat persons who hold clearance cards from its 
own or other Lodges; and if a Lodge habitually practise 
this, it clearly forfeits its charter. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 17th s., 54, 

43. A member holding a clearance card, desiring to 
have his name erased from the Lodge roll, must first de- 
posit his card and become a member. — Cal., 13th s., 64. 

44. A member having been initiated under an assumed 
name can have his real name placed on the record, and a 
clearance card given accordingly. — Colorado, 6th s., 22. 

45. A member is entitled to a clearance card from the 
G. S. at the surrender or forfeiture of the charter of a 
Lodge, only when such Lodge is clear on the G. S.'s 
books.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. 

46. A member holding a card, and under charges for 
violation, cannot, while under charges, legally join any 
lodge by initiation.— G. W. C. T. Ward, N. Y., 8th s., 12. 

47. Instead of the synonymous use of the names "with- 
drawal " and " clearance " cards, hereafter the names shall 
be " clearance," and persons holding them are not entitled 
to seats in any Lodge, but are amenable to the Lodge 
granting the same, for anv violation of the pledge or 
secrecy.— E. W. G. L., 3d s.^ 281. 

48. Clearance cards are for persons who wish to remove 
their connection from one Lodge to another, and ar*e good 
for one year, and any time during the year; the person 
holding such a card, and having been true to his pledge 
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have left, or with any other, on regular ballot, without 
initiation, retaining all the honors he had at the time he 
took the card— E. W. G. T. Hastings, 13th s. 

49. If a person holding a clearance card desires to be- 
come connected with a Lodge, whether the one granting 
it, or any other, he sends m his card to the Lodge, which 
is referred and balloted upon precisely the same as an 
original application. If acted favorably upon, the person 
becomes a member after payment of half initiation fee, 
and signing the Constitution and bv-laws, without being 
re-obligated.— G. W'. C. T. r>ingley,^Me., 9th s., 6. G. W. 
G. T. Stewart, O. 111., 43. 

50. If the application is reiected, the card must be 
returned to the applicant.— G. W. C. T. Ball, N. Y., 1868. 

51. A person having had a clearance card and lost the 
same, may join a Lodge the same as a card member, upon 
showing that such card was dulv issued, and had been 
lost.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th,* 23 ; G. W. C. T. Stew- 
art, O. 

52. The By-Laws of Lodge B do not receive members 
under fifteen years of age. Can a person be admitted by 
card while under that age ? A, No. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 17th s., 50. 

53. Q. In case of members taking clearance cards from 
Lodge A, and then violating Art. 2, and joining Lodge B 
before a charge can be brought to Lodge A, can Lodge B 
legally receive them (knowing of the said violation) by 
requiring them to be re-obligated in Lodge B on their 
joining it? A. No; he must be re-obligated in Lodge A 
before depositing his card in Lodge B. — Ibid. 

54. Q. Is one who joins a Lodge by card entitled to 
privileges, such as voting, before his name is written on 
the Constitution ? A. No.— Ibid. 

55. Q. A member makes application for admission to a 
Lodge by card, is reported upon by the Committee. of In- 
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his application and card ; can it be done? A. It cannot, 
except by unanimous consent of the Lodge. — Ibid. 

56. A Lodge has a right to reject an applicant for ad- 
mission by carc^or initiation. An applicant for admis- 
sion by card stands on the same footing as any other 
applicant, except, if elected, he can be admitted without 
initiation. — Ibid. 

57. A card is not affected by a vote of rejection, but 
may be deposited in any other Lodge willing to admit the 
applicant. — Ibid. 

58. A member of Lodge A took a clearance card, and 
expressed his wish to deposit it in Lodge B, to which 
Lodge he sent his card by a brother ; and he was balloted 
for and elected in Lodge B. He has never signed the 
Constitution nor been in the Lodge since he sent his card 
in, nor paid any of the required fees. Is he a member of 
Lodge B ? Ans. No. Signing the Constitution is made a 
requisite of membership by our Constitution. In case he 
has violated his pledge, Lodge B cannot deal with him, 
but Lodge A would still have jurisdiction of his case. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 18. 

59. Ques. Lodge A granted a clearance card to a mem- 
ber, which he deposited in Lodge B in due form, with the 
exception of signing the Constitution, which was omitted. 
The card, after being received by the Lodge, was laid on 
the table of the F. S., and inadvertently taken possession 
of by the brother to whom it had been granted. Mean- 
time, a charge is brought against him for violation of Art. 
2. Is he under the jurisdiction of Lodge A or B? Ans. 
It is necessary for members to sign the Constitution, or to 
authorize some one to do it for them ; and in case of refu- 
sal to do so, they could not be regarded as members ; but 
under circumstances like the above, when the candidate 
was not requested to sign, and no book furnished, he is to 
be regarded as a member of the Lodge receiving the card, 
and taking it inadvertently, after it had been deposited, 
would not change his status.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th 
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60. Ques. Suppose a member of our Order, wishing to 
leave the State, applies for and receives a clearance card 
from his Lodge ; after being absent a short time, he re- 
turns and presents liis card for admission to membership, 
whicli is rejected. The member then a^s to be allowed 
to withdraw from the Order. Now the Lodge rejecting 
his card holds this member amenable to the laws of our 
Order, and yet refuses him membership. How is he to 
get clear from the Order? Would not the proper way 
have been to receive the card, and then prefer a charge if 
he was not worthy of membership? Ans, The vote of 
rejection did not affect the case, or the status of the mem- 
ber, and he could tender his resignation as a member of 
the Order, notwithstanding his application for member- 
ship upon his card had been refused. — Id. 

6L Ques. A member of the Order wishes to join a Lodge 
by card, and is rejected; can he return that card to the 
Lodge which granted it, and immediately be readmitted to 
membership ? Ans. He can immediately apply for mem- 
bership to the Lodge granting the card, cr any other, 
notwithstanding his rejection. — Id.; Cal., 5th s., 23. 

62. Q. A Lodge Deputy called for a clearance card of 
a Subordinate Lodge, which was granted and delivered. 
He then offered to re-join on said card, and was black- 
balled. He then united with a neighboring Lodge, with 
his card ; had he a right to do so ? 

A, Yes. The black-balling had no effect on him as a 
Degree Member. He could not, of course, continue a 
member of a Degree Lodge after withdrawing by card» 
but on again joining a Subordinate Lodge, would have a 
right to join a Degree Lodge by card. — Wis., 12th s., 46. 

63. Under Sec. 6, Art. 2, of By-Laws of Subordinate 
Lodges, a member taking a clearance card may deposit 
the same, free of charge, within one month from the date 
of said card ; but a Lodge is not obliged to accept the 
card of a member so deposited, or to elect such card appli- 
cant to membership. Such applicant, depositing the card 
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proposition and ballot; but if elected, is entitled to be 
admitted to membership without the payment of any fee. 
— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 19. 

64. Ques. If a person holding a clearance card is taken 
sick, is it the duty of the members of the Lodge to attend 
to him ? 

Ans. Inasmuch as the card dissolves connection with 
the Lodge, the Sick Committee or members would not, as 
Good Templars, be under any obligation to look after and 
attend such person holding a clearance card ; but it is 
hoped, as friends of humanity, our members would give 
all needful attention to such. — Id. G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 18th s., 44. 

65. A member admitted by card should be introduced 
by the W. M. passing the W. I. G. and P. W. C. T. with 
the ordinary ceremonies of other members. The W. C. T. 
then introduces him to a standing Lodge, and in their 
behalf extends to him their welcome. After the Lodge is 
seated, he signs the Constitution, is properly clothed in 
regalia, invested with the P. W. and conducted to a seal. 
If, during the holding of such card, he has violated the 
pledge, he should be re-obligated by the W. C. T. before 
signing the Constitution. — G. W. C. T. Downing, Cal., 4th 
8., 9. See Forms. 

66. When a member holding a clearance card has habit- 
ually violated his obligation since receiving his card, he 
can only be admitted by re-obligation. — Mich., 8th s., 17. 

67. A person can join a Lodge by card, without being 
present, by authorizing some one to sign his name to the 
Constitution.— 111., 13th s., 15 ; G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
1868. 

He can be introduced a«t the first meeting he at- 
tends, but his membership would be valid without 
an introduction. 

68. A member of the Order, holding a clearance card, 
sought admission to a Lodge, and was rejected on ballot, 



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The vote was reconsidered, and a second ballot taken 
with the same result. The validity of the card is not 
destroyed, and neighboring Lodges need not be notified of 
such rejection, since the person rejected is already a mem- 
ber of the Order, and his card recommends him as a 
brother worthy of membership in any Lodge ; and, until 
he is found guilty, on trial, of an ofiense or misdemeanor, 
the card cannot be annulled. The card and proposition 
can be again submitted to the same Lodge, as soon as the 
Lodge will receive and refer it to a Committee of Investi- 
gation, in the usual way. — G. W. C. T. Dillingham, 
N. H., 49. 111., 18th s., 9. 

Bro. Dillingham seems to think that the above 
decisions may be doubted by some; but they are 
sounds and cover important points. Every Grand 
Lodge in our Order should act upon them. 

69. A member holding a clearance card, under charges 
before the Lodge that issued the card, and duly notified 
to appear for trial, cannot at that stage present his card 
and be admitted into another Lodge ; being then under 
arrest, and not a member of the Order in good standing, 
and also because the tendency of such a procedure would 
be to defeat the ends of justice. — Pa., 14tli s., 14. 

70. A member leaving a Lodge on clearance card cannot, 
if he continues a resident of the place where the Lodge 
exists, join a Lodge in another town. The card is no 
consent of the Lodge for him to do so. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 16th s., 22, Mass., 427. G. W. C. T. Dinglev, Me., 
9th s., 7. Do. Kussell, Mich., 13th s., 18. Do. De Wolf, 
O., 15th s., 60. 

Contrary to above is decided by N. H., 20th s., 
35. Conn., 4th s., 46. Ind., 13th s., 33. Wis., 
17th s., 47. The R. W. G. L. has never decided 
the question. 

71. A brother or sister holding a clearance card, and 
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a Lodge room during ballot on said card for membership, 
nor be present as a visitor. — Iowa, 12th s., 33. 

72. An application to join by card was rejected, and the 
Secretary directed to certify such rejection on the card 
before returning it to the owner. 

Held that the Lodge had no right to make an endorse- 
ment of any kind upon the card. — Wis., 11th s., 39. 

73. There is no difference in our blanks used for travel- 
ing and clearance cards, they are only filled out differently. 
—0. P., vol. 1, 10. 

74. Charter applicants for new Lodges, if previously 
members of the Order (unless having withdrawn), must 
produce cards of clearance from their former Lodges be- 
fore uniting with the new.— P. G. W. C. T. Stewart, O. G. 
T., vol 5, 29. 111., 43. Cal., 8th s., 43. 

75. A member withdraws from his Lodge by card, and 
was proposed for membership by card in another Lodge. 
His proposition was rejected and card retained, because 
found unworthy." Decided by the District Deputy that 
the action of the Lodge in witliholding the card was 
legal. G. W. C. T. Giles reversed the decision of the 
Deputy, on the ground that the card was private property, 
and could not be revoked or retained, except by the 
Lodge granting it, and then only on proof of unworthi- 
ness, after a fair trial and an opportunity given the holder 
of said card to defend himself. — G. W. C. T. Giles, Wis., 
11th s., 38. 

76. A member who is in arrears for dues cannot go and 
join another Lodge by initiation, because it is cheaper 
than to pay up his dues, take a card, and join by deposit 
of said card. — Mich., 8th s., 17. 

77. A member having a clearance card, if he joins his 
Lodge again, need not pay dues from the time of taking 
his card. — Iowa, 7th s., 31. 

78. When a Lodge has ceased to work, a member can 
be received from it into another Lodge, by getting a cer- 
tificate from the last W. C. T. or W. S. of the Lodge, 



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that the member was in good standing at the time the 
Lodge ceased to work, and forward the same to the G. W. 
S., who will issue a card of clearance to the member. — 
Wis., 8th s., 7. Iowa, 7th s., 32. 

79. Yes; or the certificate of the Deputy of the Lodge 
or District, or any otlier evidence satisfactory to the G. 
W. S.~R. W. G. T. Chase. 

80. The Grand Secretary has authority to issue a cer- 
tificate of membership, which shall have the efiect of a 
clearance card, to a member of a Lodge which became 
extinct, by reason of a revocation of its Charter, after the 
Charter has been restored to a portion of its former mem- 
bers, but has no authority to issue a certificate to a mem- 
ber of a Lodge whose Charter has been revoked, such 
member being in arrears at the time of such revocation. — 
Conn., 4th s., 22. 

8L Persons who were full Degree members of a Lodge 
when it surrendered its Charter, must be re-initiated in 
both Subordinate and Degree Lodges, unless they can give 
satisfactory evidence of the fact that they were in good 
standing at the time the Lodge suspended, and have not 
violated their obligation since. Upon the proper evidence 
being furnished, the G. W. S. will issue to him a certifi- 
cate that will have the effect of a clearance card. — 111., 
11th s., 11. (See Form.) 

82. Members taking clearance cards remain liable to 
suspension or expulsion for a violation of our pledge, by 
the Lodge granting the same, while holding said card, 
but all further privileges cease upon such cards being 
voted.— 111., 43. 

83. If a member holding a card from a Lodge in good 
standing violates his obligation, he is not amenable to any 
other Lodge but the one that issued the card ; but any 
Lodge of Good Templars, cognizant of the violation, 
should inform the Lodge that issued the card, of the fact. 
—Wis., 7th s., 31. Ky., 10th s., 10. 

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out on card more than one year,- and is then admitted to 
the same Lodge as a card member or ancient Good Tem- 
plar, and that member immediately applies for Degrees, 
and receives a certificate from the W. F. S. of the Sub- 
ordinate Lodge, as required by law, it is not the duty of 
the Degree Lodge to question the legality of the action 
taken by the Subordinate Lodge. — Cal., 8th s., 42. 

85. In case a member violates his obligation after a 
card has been voted him, but before it has been put in his 
possession, it would be the duty of the Lodge to withhold 
the card under such circumstances ; for, if the card should 
be delivered, the brother might secure to himself privileges 
and rights that he was unworthy to possess. But, in jus- 
tice to the member, he should have an early opportunity 
to defend himself.— Wis., 7th s., 31. 

86. A member receiving a clearance card is not entitled 
to the traveling password. — Iowa, 7th s., 31. 

87. Q, How, then, is he to prove himself a Good Tem- 
plar? 

A. The card itself is the evidence that he is in good 
standing ; that card is sent to the Lodge, presented, read, 
committee appointed, reported on, ballot had ; if elected, 
the W. C. T. orders the candidate admitted. — Ind., 
7th s., 10. 

88. Q. Chase- s Digest (pages 59, 60, old edition) says : 
" That persons receiving a clearance card are still members 
of the Order. The holder of a card of clearance has no 
right to visit any Lodge of the Order until he surrenders 
his card, or joins another Lodge." Do not these conflict? 

A, No ; they are both right. A person taking a clear- 
ance card is a member of the Order, but of no particular 
Lodge. He is not entitled to the P. W., without which he 
cannot visit any Lodge. A traveling card, on which he 
may visit, recognizes his membership in a particular 
Lodge, and is only good for the term for which dues are 
paid in advance, and so specified in the card. No card, 



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either clearance or traveling, is good for more than one 
year.— G. T., vol. 6, 57. 

89. Q. A brother, holding an unexpired traveling card, 
applied to his Lodge for a clearance card, which was 
granted ; on being refused admission to the Lodge, on the 
ground that he had taken said card, then claimed that he 
had the right to visit the Lodge on his unexpired travel- 
ing card. Should he have been admitted? 

A. He should not. But when the Lodge granted him 
the clearance, they should have demanded and taken his 
traveling card. — G. W. C. T. Hawkins, Iowa, 14lh s., 7. 

90. Members removing from one State to another are 
subject to the same rules in transferring their connection 
from one Lodge to another, as they would be if they only 
moved from one point to another in the same State. — 
G. W. C. T. Dingley, Me., 9th s., 7. 



Degrees. 

1. All charter members of a Lodge are entitled to the 
Degrees, regardless of their age, without a dispensation ; 
and non-charter members under 18 years of age can have 
the Degrees, by dispensation constitutionally obtained. — 
K. W. G. T. Kussell, 19th s., 16 : 111., 43 ; Me., 9th s., 9. 

2. Without waiting the usual three months. — Wis., 14th 
s., 9. 

3. They must pay the usual fee. — Iowa, 8th s., 8 ; R. W. 
G. T. Hastings, 13th s., 9 ; Mich., 12th s., 29 ; Maine, 9th 
a., 9. 

4. Charter members are entitled to the Degrees without 
any balloting. A Degree Temple cannot and must not 
require charter members to submit to a ballot. — G. W. C. 
T. Russell, Mich., 13th s., 17. 

And the Gr. W. C. T. or his Deputy can confer 
them all upon the same evening upon such charter 
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6, The W. Degree Templar of a Degree Temple has no 
power to grant a dispensation for the conferring of Degrees. 
— Cal., 8th s., 42. 

6. Degrees cannot be conferred, by Subordinate Lodges, 
free of charges, even though all the members should be 
in favor of it. — Mo., 5th s., 13. 

7. In case a worthy member desires the Degrees, who is 
too poor to pay for them, Lodges are advised to make up 
the fee for the Degrees by voluntary contribution. The 
practice in some Lodges of receiving the fee and then 
appropriating it back by a vote of the Lodge, though not 
unconstitutional strictly, is not deemed advisable. It is 
practical evasion of the Constitution. — R. W. G. T. Chase. 

8. The application for the Degrees should be made, and 
the fee paid, in Subordinate Lodge, but the ballot must 
occur in Degree Lodge.— 111., 1857. 

9. A Deputy cannot confer the Degrees outside the 
Lodge room.— 0., 4th s., 20. 

10. Any member of the Order in good standing can 
take the Degrees, upon being duly elected and paying the 
proper fee, unless prohibited by the Constitution of the 
Subordinate Lodge.— R. W. G. T. Hastings, 10th s., 8. 

11. The time that a person must be a member of the 
Order before becoming eligible to take the Degrees, is 
different in different localities. In some it is one month, 
in others two, and still others three. — Ibid. 

12. A dispensation is required when more than one 
Degree is to be taken the same evening, except in the case 
of the institution of a new Lodge. — Ibid. 

13. If the Lodge call a Degree meeting and the Deputy 
and Degree Templar are absent, an acting or Past W. C. 
T. cannot confer the Degrees. — Ibid. ; Ind., 6th s., 15. 

14. There are but three officers that can confer the De- 
grees, to wit : the G. W. C. T., Deputy G. W. C. T. and a 
regular Degree Templar of a regularly organized Degree 
Lodge. — Ind., 7th s., 8. 

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15. In the absence of the D. W. G. C. T. or Degree 
Templar, ^ tliird Degree member has no right to take 
charge of a Degree meeting and confer the Degrees — ■ 
Iowa, 8th s., 41. 

16. No officer, either Grand or Subordinate, has the 
power to grant a dispensation to confer the Degrees on 
any party under the age prescribed by the Constitution. — 
Can., vol. 14, 13. 

17. There is no real or effectual difference between a 
Degree meeting and a meeting of a Degree Temple. The 
former is a meeting of Degree members merely for the 
purpose of conferring the Degrees, the latter a meeting of 
Degree members who constitute a Degree Temple, gov- 
erned by a Constitution and By-Laws, enacted either by 
the Grand Lodge or Subordinate Lodge, and having a 
regular fixed time for meeting. — R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th 
s, 7. 

18. As Subordinate Lodges, in their By-Laws, fix the 
Degree fees, they may at any time increase or decrease the 
fees by a change of the By-Laws in the manner pointed 
out for altering the By-Laws, provided they do not exceed 
the maximum, or are not less than the minimum, fixed in 
the Constitution. — Ibid. 

19. The officers of a Degree Temple or Degree meeting 
are separate and distinct from the officers of the Subordi- 
nate Lodge, and neither the W. C. T. or P. W. C. T., ex 
officio, have any authority as such officers in a Degree 
Lodge. — Ibid. 

Kegularly chartered Temples fix the Degree fees. 

20. It is not necessary to open Degree meetings with 
prayer. — Ibid. 

21. A Degree Lodge must be opened and closed in each 
Degree separately, so as to be legal for conferring Degrees. 
— Ind., 6th s., 15 ; 111., 9th s., 31. 

22. May be done informally. — Wis., 9th s., 7. 

23. Business, other than pertaining to Degrees, cannot 



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be entertained in Degree meeting. — 111., 1859 ; K. W. G. 
L., 9th s. 

24. Or in Degree Lodges.— Iowa, 7th s., 25 ; 9th s., 22. 

25. All the business of Subordinate Lodges must be 
done in the initiatory Degree. — K. W. G. L., 9th s., 33. 

26. It is not proper to submit the minutes of Degree 
meetings to the Subordinate Lodge for approval, nor 
should they be entered on the Lodge Journal. — 111., 6th 
B., 26. 

27. Members of a Degree Temple or meeting cannot 
! make an appropriation of, or in any way interfere with, 

the funds of the Lodge.— Mich., 7th s., 26 ; 111., 11th s., 7. 

28. A Degree Templar of one Lodge can confer the 
Degrees on a member of another Lodge, but only on the 
presentation of a certificate from the F. S. of the appli- 
cant's Lodge, certifying that he is in good standing, and 
has paid for the Degrees. — G. T., vol. 5, 155 ; Mass., 187. 

And consent of the Lodge to which he belongs. 

29. The chartering of Degree Lodges in a State where 
there is a Grand Lodge, is a matter entirely within the 
jurisdiction of the State Grand Lodge. — K. W. G. T. 
Hastings, 12th s., 10. 

30. The several Grand Lodges have power and author- 
ity to legislate in what manner and by whom the Degrees 
shall be conferred, and also how Degree Lodges shall be 
instituted.— R. W. G. L., 12th s., 43. 

3L The titles of the Degree of this Order shall be as 
lollows : 1st, or Initiatory Degree ; 2d, or Degree of Fi- 
delity ; 3d, or Degree of Charitv.— R. W. G. L., 12th s., 
50. 

32. The Signals in the Degree of Fidelity are the same 
as in the old Degree of the Heart, and in Degree of Char- 
ity, the same as in old Degree of Charity. — R. W. G. L., 
13th 8. 

33. The color of the Degree of Fidelity is blue, and 
the Degree of Charity purple.— R. W. G. L., 13th s. 



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34. The raps of the gavel for controlling the move^ 
ments of members, are the same in the Second and Third 
Degrees as in the First.— K. W. G. L., 13th s., 87. 

35. First Degree members under the old Ritual in good 
standing, are to be regarded as regular ''Fidelity" Degree 
members, and those possessing the Second, under the old, 
as regular Charity" Degree members, without being 
obligated, or taking the Degrees under the new Ritual, 
provided that where regular Degree Lodges are chartered 
and organized, such members must pay any fee aijd com- 
ply with all requirements for membership in such Degree 
Lodges. — Ibid. 

36. No person can receive the Third Degree without 
having previously taken the First and Second. — Conn,, 
2d s., 24. 

37. If a Degree member ceases to be a member of the 
Order in a Subordinate Lodge, he thereby ceases to be a 
member of the Degree Lodge, and can regain the Degrees 
only as though he had never been a member. — R. W. G. 
L., 12th s., 40. 

38. Ancient Good Templars, who have formerly taken 
the Degrees, must again take them on rejoining the Order. 
— Ind., 12th s., 31. 

39. Degree Lodges can have charters of their own, but 
no person can be a member of a Degree Lodge who is not 
a member in good standing in a Subordinate Lodge. — 
Ibid. Iowa, 11th s., 7. 

40. Should a member, when taking the Degrees, com- 
mence to laugh when the obligation is being administered, 
and fail to respond, he should not be allowed to proceed 
and receive the Password ; but be conducted from the 
room until willing to fully comply with the law and re- 
quirements thereof.— G. W. C. T. Copp, Ind., 12th s., 7. 

41. It is wrong for one member to give another the De- 
gree word. — N. H., 41. 

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the W. D. V. T. to correct the W. D. T. when he is in 
error, in our unwritten work. — Iowa, 10th s., 7. 

43. A Degree Lodge can refuse to confer the degrees on 
a member in good standing, without preferring a charge, 
but it would be very unkind and unbrotherly to do so. — 
Ind., 7th s., 10. 

44. If a member, against whom a charge is preferred, 
brings a certificate of recommendation from the Lodge of 
which he is a member, to the Degree Lodge, and is elected 
by it (the Degree Lodge) to the Degrees, the Degree Lodge 
is bound to confer the Degrees ; but it is not bound to electy 
whether a charge is or is not preferred. — Ind., 7th s., 13. 

45. It is necessary for a Subordinate Lodge to give a 
member a certificate to the Degree Lodge, when he applias 
for Degrees and pays for them ; otherwise, how can a De- 
gree Lodge know that the applicant is a member df a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge, and has applied for the Degrees, paid for 
them, or been recommended to the Degree Lodge? — Ind., 
7th s., 12. 

46. Grand Officers must be Degree members. — Kansas, 
3d s., 27. 

47. When there is not a sufficient number of Degree 
members to fill the offices by dispensation, Degrees can be 
conferred upon enough of the worthy members of the 
Lodge to enable it to work, though they have not been 
members of the Order three months. All charter 
members, initiated at the organization of a new Lodge, 
are entitled to Degrees. — Ibid. 

48. The Grand Lodge Degree cannot be conferred on 
any but full Degree members. — K. W. G. T. Chase, 6th 
s., 9. 

49. All full Degree members are eligible to office in 
Degree Lodge.— Temp. Offi, vol. 2, No. 17. 

50. The Degree Templar may call a Degree meeting at 
any time.— Wis., 4th s., 22. 

51. Degree Lodges have no power to try and punish 
offences for violations of Degree obligations, or misconduct 



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in Degree meetings. All punishment for and proceedings 
connected with offences are in the Subordinate Lodge. — 
R. W. G. T. Chase, 1863 ; R. W. G. L., 9th s., 11. 

52. A Subordinate Lodge cannot inflict any punishment 
on its officers for absence at a Degree meeting. A 
Lodge can, for such contempt in a Deputy G. W. C. T., 
complain to the G. W. C. T., and request the removal of 
the Deputy and appointment of another. — Ind., 7th s., 8. 

53. A Degree Lodge has authority to fine its officers for 
absence or neglect of duty. — Ibid. 

54. When a charge is preferred against a Degree mem- 
ber, the Investigating Committee should consist of mem- 
bers who have attained an equal Degree; but as this is ex 
gratia rather than a right belonging to the accused, in case 
there is not a sufficient number of peers to constitute the 
committee, other members can act. 

But upon the adoption of the report of the committee, 
or trial in the Lodge, as it is sometimes called, and affix- 
ing the penalty, all members can vote. — R. W. G. T. 
Chase, 1863. R. W. G. L., 9th s., 11. 

55. A full Degree member is a peer of members on 
whom the Degrees have been conferred, but not vice versd. 
— Kansas, 2d s., 15. 

56. There is no grip to the Degree of Fidelity. 

57. If a member is rejected in a Degree Lodge, his ap- 
plication can come up again on the next regular Degree, 
and so on, ad infinitum. This, however, can be done only 
where Grand Lodges have not fixed in Constitution or 
decisions the time which must elapse before a renew^al of 
the application. Pennsylvania Constitution provides that 
three months must elapse, and Kansas, by decision, one 
month ; Uniform Code, three months. — R. W. G. T. Chase, 
1862. R. W. G. L., 9th s. Mich., 8th s., 15. 

58. Q. Is it Constitutional for a Degree meeting to vote 
the officers of Subordinate Lodge officers of the Degree 
meetings ? 

A. The Degrees, unless in regularly organized Degree 



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Lodges, are conferred by the Lodge Deputy or Degree 
Templars, and such officers as they may appoint. — Wis., 
10th s., 12. 

59. If a member draws his card, and is not able to join 
another Lodge before the year expires, and then joins 
another Lodge, he is required to take the Degrees. — G. W. 
C. T. Chase, Pa., 1870. 

60. In the Degree of Fidelity, the altar and Bible are 
placed in front of the officer administering the obligation, 
and the circle of Fidelity is the same as initiatory, except 
the W. D. T. and initiates form a part.— G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 16th s., 21. 

61. The time for taking Degrees is a calendar month, 
not four weeks. — Id. 

62. Q. The Degrees were conferred upon a person under 
eighteen vears of age, by mistake. Is such a person a 
legal member? A. Yes.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s. 

63. A Lodge Deputy has no right to postpone a Degree 
meeting after the time has been fixed by the Subordinate 
Lodge. — Id. 

64. Q, Has a L. D. a right to call and hold special De- 
gree meetings when he chooses, without notifying all the 
Degree members? A. If the Subordinate Lodge neglect 
to do sOf the L. D. may call a Degree meeting when he 
chooses, calling to his aid a sufficient number of Degree 
members to perform the ceremonies. Seven Degree mem- 
bers constitute a quorum. He should give notice of such 
meeting at a regular meeting of the Subordinate Lodge. — 
Id. 

65. Q. Does it require a written dispensation from the 
L. D. for a member to have the Degrees conferred upon 
him, when the L. D. is himself D. T., and confers the 
Degrees? A. Yes, unless the member is entitled to the 
Degrees without a dispensation. The dispensation goes 
upon the record. — Id. 

66. Q. Is it proper for a Subordinate Lodge, working 
in the Degrees, to elect and install Degree officers ? A, 



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They may do so with consent of their L. D., with the ex- 
ception of D. T. The L. D. is D. T. ex officio— Id. 

67. After a L. D. has called a Degree meeting to order, 
he can call to preside any Degree member whom he con- 
Biders more competent than himself to give the work, he 
being present and assisting in all that is done. — Id. 

68. Q. Sister L. applied for the Second Degree, and 
was rejected. What can be done? A, You can recon- 
sider the ballot, and if again rejected, and you have posi- 
tive evidence that it is from motives of personal malice^ a 
charge can be brought against members so voting. — Id. 

69. If a Lodge ballot for four or more candidates for 
membership in the Degree Lodge (not chartered) and one 
black ball be cast, it is the duty of the presiding officer to 
have the ballot taken separately upon each candidate. — 
Id., 16th s., 22. 

70. In instruction the Catechism is only used in the • 
Third Degree, but in challenging it may be used in the 
Second.— G. W. C. T. Montgomery, Ind., 15th s., 14. 

71. Q. " Does the action of the K. W. G. Lodge, at ita 
session in 1871, do away with the Degree qualification for 
holding office in Subordinate Lodges throughout the Order, 
or can each State settle the matter for itself?'' 

A. The action of the R. W. G. Lodge expressed in the 
words, That the Degree qualifications for office in Sub- 
ordinate Lodges be abolished," etc., is mandatory and 
equally binding upon all Grand Lodges within the juris- 
diction of the R. W. G. Lodge.— R. W. G. T. Russell, 
18th s., 983. 

72. The Distress Sign and Word in the Third Degree 
are not to be used by members when they require pecu- 
niary aid, but only in case of imminent peril. — G. W. C, 
T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

73. Q, A charter member of a Lodge who is a Second 
Degree member takes a clearance card to join another 
Lodge many miles oflf ; would he be entitled to lake the 
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he not being a charter member of the second Lodge he 
enters? A. No.— Id. 

74. A member having attained the Degree of Fidelity 
resigned his membership in the Order, and soon aftei 
joined again, and as soon as convenient took the Degree 
of Charity. After some time objections were made to his 
being admitted to Degree meetings on the ground that he 
was not in possession of the Second Degree, to which he 
had attained when he left the Order. Now, how is he to 
become a Second Degree member ? 

A. Having been admitted to the Third Degree, without 
objection, he is presumed to be in possession of the Second 
Degree, and cannot be compelled to take it again, or kept 
out of Degree meetings on that ground. — Id. 



Degree Temples. 

1. Chartered Degree Temples must be regularly insti- 
tuted by the G. W. C. T., District Deputy, or some person 
specially authorized. The association of Degree members, 
for the purpose of conferring Degrees, is not a Temple^ but 
a Degree meeting, and in this case the Lodge Deputy is the 
Degree Templar. Degree Templars are not commissioned. 
The meetings of a Degree Temple may be held in the 
hall of any Lodge attached thereto. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 16th s., 19. 

2. A member of a Subordinate Lodge connected with a 
Degree Temple which is in working order and meets regu- 
larly, cannot take the Degrees in any other Temple or 
Lodge without the consent of the Temple to which his 
Lodge is attached, and the L. D. of such Lodge, ex officio, 
has no longer any right to confer Degrees. — Id., 23 ; Kan- 
sas, 10th s., 25. 

3. When a Lodge is not officially connected with a De- 
gree Temple, even though the Temple may be composed 
mainly or entirely of members of said Lodge, the L. D. 
has the right to hold Degree meetings, for the purpose of 



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conferring Degrees, under Art. 7, Sec. 3, Subordinate 
Lodge Constitution. In a Lodge thus situated, if Degree 
meetings are held, all Degree members are possessed of 
equal rights and privileges in such Degree meeting, 
whether belonging to the Temple or not. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 17th s. 

4. Art. 4, Sec. 1, Constitution for Degree Temples, 
means that fifty cents is to be paid to the Temple for con- 
ferring each Degree, and fifty cents additional for mem- 
bership in the Temple. Persons taking Degrees are not 
obliged to become member's of the Temple, — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 16th s., 23. 

5. In a chartered Degree Temple, in the absence of the 
D. T., the D. V. T. is entitled to preside ; and if both D. 
T. and D. V. T. are absent, the senior P. D. T. present 
should preside. In the absence of all these officers the 
temple may choose a D. T. pro tempore. In all cases 
where a Degree Temple is presided over by a pro tempore 
officer such officer is invested with all the authority of the 
regular D. T. during such session, and of course is com- 
petent to perform all the duties of that officer. — G. W. C. 
T. Chase, Pa., 17th s. G. W. C. T. Potter, N. J., 2d s., 41. 

6. Ques. Are all Third Degree members at the institu- 
tion of a Temple charter members of said Temple? 
Ans, They are not. It is only those who sign the appli- 
cation for charter for the Temple or those who unite at the 
time of institution as such, who are entitled to the honor 
of being charter members. — Id. 

7. Ques. Have all Third Degree members a right to visit 
a Degree Temple whenever they choose, they not being 
members of said Temple or contributing to its support ? 
Ans. Degree Temple controls the matter of visiting, and 
may say what Third Degree members may and what may 
not visit them. — Id. 

8. Ques. When a Lodge attaches itself to a Degree 
Temple, are all members of the thi^d Degree members of 
Baid Temple without first being balloted for as laid down 
in Art. 3 of D. T. Constitution ? Ans. Yes. All who 



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Bign the Degree Roll Book and pay the fees for ad mis- 
Bion. — Id. 

9. Q. Are members of Subordinate Lodges who during 
a meeting of the Temple have had the Second Degree con- 
ferred upon them eligible to vote in the transaction of 
business during the Second Degree in said Temple? A. 
No.— Id. 

10. Returns of Degree Temples are required to be made 
quarterly. — Id. 

11. A member with a clearance card has no right to a 
seat in a Degree Temple. — Id. 

12. In a certain Degree Temple a brother was balloted 
for, and three black balls were cast, when the D. T. de- 
clared him rejected. A reconsideration of the vote was 
immediately had and another ballot taken, at which two 
black balls were cast, and the D. T. again declared him 
rejected. Was the decision of the D. T. correct, or is a 
greater number of black balls required to reject a candi- 
date after reconsideration than on the previous vote ? A. 
— The decision of the D. T. is correct. It takes the same 
number to reject or to require the appointment of a com- 
mittee on the reconsidered vote as on the original. See 
Sec. 1, Art. 3, Constitution of Degree Temples. — Id. 

13. Can a person be admitted to membership in a De- 
gree Temple, or be retained as a member, when the'Lodge 
to which he belongs is not officially connected with a 
Temple? He can.— R. W. G. T. Orme, 15th s., 9. 

14. When two or more Lodges are united in a Temple, 
can one withdraw its connection with the Temple ? It 
can. — Id. 

15. If so, what is the position of its members who are 
members of the Temple ? They remain as members of 
the Temple.— Id. 

16. If a member of the Temple take a card from his 
Lodge for the purpose of joining a new Lodge, does that 
sever his connection? If not, what is the effect of the 
notice that the W. Secretary of the Lodge is required to 



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send the temple, as per Art. 7, Sec. 5 of the Constilutio 
It does not sev^r his connection with the Temple; a 
the effect of the notice is to authorize the D. Sec. to notif 
the Sec. of the new Lodge in which the member deposits 
his card of his standing in the Degree Temple. — Id. 

17. Can a member of a Temple whose dues are in ar- 
rears in the Degree Temple, but who is clear from alt 
charges in the Subordinate Lodge, withdraw from the 
Order? He cannot.— Id. 10, Conn., 5th s., 62. 

18. How is the Lodge to know, officially, that the mem- 
ber is in arrears ? His application for withdrawal from 
the Order should be accompanied with a certificate from 
the D. F. S., certifying that he is clear of all charges and 
demands in the Degree Temple. — Id. 

19. Where a person is proposed for membership in the 
Decree Temple, his Lodge not being officially connected 
with the Degree Temple, who should recommend the 
proposition, and can it be made by persons who are not 
members of the Temple? The proposition must be rec- 
ommended as directed in Art. 7, Sec. 8, of Subordinate 
Lodge Constitution ; but the authorities designated in 
that section need not be members of the Temple, although 
they must be full Degree members. The Temple, how- 
ever, should decide previously, by vote, that it will receive 
propositions from such a Lodge, if presented. — Id. 

20. If the Lodge or Lodges officially connected with a 
chartered Degree Temple should vote to sever all official 
connection with the Temple, does that dissolve the Tem- 
l)le? No.— Id. 

21. No person can be received into a Degree Temple 
while he is not a member of a Subordinate Lodge. Nor 
can he continue to be a member of a Degree Temple after 
he has left the Order altogether, by withdrawal, expulsion 
or suspension from his Lodge; but a person already a 
member of a Temple retains his membership in the Temple, 
and may probably retain his official connection with the 
Temple while holding a clearance card in full force, pro- 



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cured for the bona fide purpose of transferring his mem- 
bership from one Lodge to another, which he does in good 
time, as in the case of leaving a Lodge to become a charter 
Member of a new Lodge.— G. W. C. T. De Wolf, O., 15th 
H., 59. 

22. Article 7, section 11, of Subordinate Lodge Consti- 
tution, requires an annual election of Officers in Degree 
Temples.— R. W. G. T. Russell, 18th s., 983. 

23. And the election of Officers must be held in the 
Third Degree.— R. W. G. L., 19th s., 98. 

24. Question. " If there be no W. C. Templar, P. W. 
C. Templar or Lodge Deputy of a candidate's Lodge in 
the Degree Temple, how can the person become a member 
of it in view of the requirements of Article 7, section 8, 
Subordinate Lodge Constitution ?" 

Answer. He cannot become a member of a Degree 
Temple, except in conformity with the above cited con- 
stitutional provision ; but the reasonable presumption is, 
that each Lodge will have such officers connected with it. 
—Id. 

25. While a Degree Temple is working in the Second 
Degree, no business can be transacted, except balloting for 
and conferring the Degree on candidates; and as soon as 
the initiatory ceremony is over, the 2d Degree should be 
closed, and Temple opened in the 3d Degree before any 
business is done. The minutes of the 2d and 3d Degree 
are not to be kept separate. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
20th 8. 

26. The Deputy of a Subordinate Lodge is ex officio 
Deputy of the Degree Temple connected therewith. 
— N. H., 2d s., 41. Me., 9th s., 9 G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
16th s., 18. 

27. Where several Lodges are connected with the same 
Degree Temple, the Deputy of the oldest Lodge is ex officio 
Deputy of the Temple. — Me., 9th s., 9. 

28. That is the case in the absence of the District De- 
puty, in Pennsylvania the District Deputy organizes 



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and has a general care over all Temples in his jurisdiction, 
and all appeals are made to him ; and when he is present 
lie officiates as Deputy in the Temple. In his absence the 
Lodge Deputy officiates when a Deputy's services are re- 
quired, in accordance with above decisions. — G. W. C. T.* 
(;hase, Pa., 16th s., 18. 

29. A Subordinate Lodge cannot postpone a meeting of 
a Degree Temple. — 111., 6th s., 32. 

30. All members expelled from a Degree Temple retain 
only the standing of First Degree members in the Order. 
—G. W. C. T. Ball, N. Y., 7th s., 11. 

31. If a Degree Temple passes a resolution that it will 
hold two meetings a month, one on the First Saturday 
evening, and one on the third Saturday of each month, and 
that the Second Degree shall be conferred at the first and 
the Third Degree at the second meeting in the month ; can 
the Temple, by a vote on any evening, suspend this reso- 
lution and confer both Degrees the same evening? 

A. It cannot. Whenever circumstances arise making 
it desirable to confer both Degrees on the same evening, 
the motion should be passed at the previous meeting, or 
at least notice should be given of the intention of the 
Temple to suspend the resolution. 

Each member of the Temple has acquired certain rights 
under the standing order, and these rights cannot be 
abridged or taken from him, without giving him time or 
opportunity to oppose it. For instance, the Third Degree 
might be conferred on some person on the Second Degree 
night to which he was opposed, and would have voted 
against had he been present. Constitutions, By-Laws, 
Kules and Usages are for the protection of the minority, and 
it is only by adhering strictly to them that it can be pro- 
tected.— G. W. C. T. Chase, *Pa., 16th s., 18. 

32. If a Subordinate Lodge connected with a Degree 
Temple, passes a resolution to withdraw from such Union 
Degree Temple, the Degree members do not lose their 
membership in such Degree Temple. — Ibid. 

33. A Subordinate Lodge can require its members, if 



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they associate or join any Degree Temple, to unite with 
the one with which their Lodge is connected. — Ibid. 



Deputies. 

1. Deputies instituting Lodges have the right to Confer 
the Degrees upon charter members by dispensation. — R. 
W. G. L., 1st s., 301. 

2. A Deputy G. C. T. has a right, and it is his duty, to 
notice and correct any informality which he may observe 
in Subordinate Lodges, whether appealed to or not. And 
it is the duty of such Lodges to submit to his instruction, 
or appeal at once to the G. W. C. T.— P. G. W. C. T. 
Hawley, Wis., 3d s., 8. Cal., 3d s., 10 N. H., 66. 

The Grand Lodge of Illinois has made a decision 
that a Deputy cannot interfere with the action of a 
Subordinate Lodge, unless submitted to him officially, 
except in cases of violation of Constitution (page 
168), which is seemingly in conflict with the above 
decision ; but if the question should ever come be- 
fore the R. W. G. Lodge, it would unquestionably 
be sustained. , 

The Deputy is the especial organ of the G. W. 
C. T. and Grand Lodge, and it is his duty to see not 
merely that Subordinate Lodges are not violating 
the Constitution, but that they are working in con- 
formity with all our rules and usages, both written 
and unwritten. If he had no power to interfere but 
on a direct appeal, it would be impossible to efi'ect 
anything like harmonious working in our Order. 
Lodges would do ten reprehensible acts, and but one 
appeal to the D. G. W. C. T. arise from them ; thus 
the nine irregular acts would go uncorrected. 



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Pa. (15th s., 23) adopted the above reading as 
sound law. 

3. But great prudence and caution should be exercised, 
or harm will ensue. — G. T., vol. 5, 77. ^ 

4. The authority is not vested in a District Deputy to 
enter a Lodge or Degree Temple at pleasure, demand 
possession of the Chair and proceed to preside without the 
consent of the presiding officer. — Ibid. 

He has the right to demand the chair, and restore 
order, when a Lodge is working unconstitutionally, or 
adjourn the meeting. — Me., 9th s., 10 N. H., 35. 

5. The District Deputy in regular commission has the 
right to enter any Lodge in his district, and if any Lodge 
refuses him admittance, and persists in such refusal, report 
should be made to the G. W. C. T., who will take such 
action in the premises as may be necessary. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 16th s., 22. 

6. All matters of doubt in business, form, law or usage, 
should first be submitted to the D. G. W. C. T., whose de- 
cisions are law until reversed; subject to appeal to the G. 
W. C. T. or Grand Lodge.— 111., 44. 

The decisions of the D. G. W. C. T. are law, in the 
absence of the G. W. C. T. Questions should be 
first submitted to the former, and, if his decisions 
are not satisfactory, then to the latter. — Pa., 15th s., 
23. 

7. A District Deputy has no more right than any other 
member to insist upon candidates being initiated after 
all the business of the Lodge is transacted, ready to dose, 
and not willing to initiate. — Mich., 13th s., 29. 

8. A District Deputy has authority over a Lodge Deputy 
in his decisions, and such Lodge Deputy is subject to him 
within the limits prescribed by the Constitution. — Pa., 
13th 6., 21, 

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the former L. D., when the decision is wrong in itself. — 
Ibid., 28. 

10. Q. A question on Constitutional law arises in a 
Lodge ; the W. C. T. refers the matter to the Deputy, who 
Viakes a decision. Is the decision of the Deputy binding ? 
(2»'l.) A difficulty arises in a Lodge .on a question of law, 
and is likely to result disastrously to the Lodge ; to pre- 
vent any disastrous result by mutual agreement, the 
question is referred to the G. W. C. T. for decision. The 
question is sent up, the G. W. C. T. decides the matter. 
Is his decision legal and binding? 

A. The decision of the Deputy would be binding until 
appealed from and reversed ; and in reply to the second 
question, I would say that the decision of the G. W. C. T. 
would be legal and binding until appealed from and re- 
versed, provided the Deputy was a party to the agreement 
to submit the question to the G. W. C. T. This view of 
the matter was in harmony with former decisions, and as 
these decisions have been expressly sanctioned by the 
R. W. G. Lodge, they have all the sanction of law until 
reversed by the same authority. — R. W. G. T. Hastings, 
12th 8., 9. 

11. A State Deputy cannot reverse the decision of a 
Lodge Deputy.— G. W. C. T. Tower, Conn., 3d s., 11. 

12. A Lodge Deputy can only give an official decision 
when a question of law is submitted to him, as in case of 
appeal from the decision of the W. C. T. ; yet it is his 
duty to inform the Lodge of any proposed illegal action ; 
and if such action be taken, forthwith to report it, with a 
copy of the record, to the G. W. C. T. — Pa., 14th s., 14. 

13. A Deputy has no right to order a second or third 
ballot for a candidate who has been rejected in a legal 
manner.— G. W. C. T. Dillingham, N. H., 35. 

14. A Deputy cannot give a decision in any matter 
that he is party in, or in wliich he may be interested. — - 
G. W. C. T. Potter, N. J., 4th s., 8. 

15. Whether a Deputy who has participated in discus- 
10 



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fiion upon any question should pronounce decisions upon 
such questions, is a matter of taste rather than right. 
Clearly he may do so.— G. W. C. T. Chase., Pa., 1869. 

16. A Lodge Deputy has no authority to decide the de- 
liberate and recorded action of his Lodge illegal, unless 
the same be directly in conflict with the Constitution, By- 
Laws, rules or usages of our Order, however unwise such 
action may be.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1869. Nor 
interfere with or control such action. — G. W. C. 
Ward, N. Y., 8th s., 12. 

17. A Deputy can hold office in a Subordinate Lodge. 
—111., 104. Wis., 7th s., 29. Mass., 73. 

18. Except W. C. T.— Ind., 7th s., 11. 111., 7th s., 31. 
Iowa, 8th s., 59. Can., vol. 15, 12. G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 1868. K. W. G. T. Hastings, 10th s., 8. 

19. A Lodge Deputy cannot be elected to and hold the 
office of W. C. T.— R. W. G. T. Hastings, 10th s., 8. 

20. He can be elected W. C. T., and hold the office, pro- 
vided he resigns as Lodge Deputy, before his installation 
as W. C. T.— Conn., 2d s., 42. 

21. Neither the District nor Lodge Deputy can hold 
the office of W. C. T. of a Subordinate Lodge under the 
uniform Constitution. The decision of the R. W. Grand 
Lodge, at its tenth annual session, denies this privilege to 
Lodge Deputies; and Aft. 7, Sec. 2, of the uniform Con- 
stitution, which provides that appeals from the decisiont* 
of W. C. T. shall be decided by District Deputies, dis- 
qualifies such District Deputies from acting as the W. C. 
T. of Subordinate Lodges.— R. W. G. T. Orne, 15th s., 8. 

22. If a W. C. T. should be appointed D. G. W. C. T. 
before his term as W. C. T. expires, if he accepts thb 
office of Deputy, he should resign that of W. C. T., or 
strictly speaking, the acceptance of one, works a vacation 
of the other.— Ind., 7th s., 11. 

Decisions 17, 18 and 22 jefer to both District 
and Lodge Deputies. 



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2^* A Lodge having elected and informally installed 
the L. Deputy as W. C. T., can he hold the oifice? A. 
No.— Wis., 16th s., 41. 

24. A D. G. W. C. T. must be installed as an officer of 
a Subordinate Lodge, either by the G. W. C. T., District 
Deputy, or Deputy of another Lodge, or a person specially 
authorized to do so. — G. W. C. T. Hastings, Wis., 6th s. 
39. 

25. A D. G. W. C. T. cannot, constitutionally, or ac- 
cording to his commission, appoint a substitute to install 
officers, or perform any other part of his duty. — Can., vol. 
6, 2. Wis., 6th s., 23, 7th s., 29. 

He being but a Deputy, cannot himself deputize. 
The supreme and only original authority to install 
officers being in the G. W. 0. T., all deputations 
must emanate from him. — Pa., 15th s., 23. 

26. He may, however, designate another regular Deputy 
to install officers. — N. H., 66. Conn., 6th s., 46. 

27. A Deputy of one Lodge can install the officers of 
another Lodge, he being solicited so to do by the Deputy 
of the Lodge for whom the installation is to be performed. 
— Ind., 7th s., 13. 111., 7th s., 31. Conn., 6th s., 46. 

28. So may a State Deputy. — Wis., 5th s., 45. Conn., 
6th s., 46. 

29. Or at request of Lodge, in absence of Lodge Depu- 
ty.— 111., 1861. Conn., 6th s., 46. 

30. A Temple (or Lodge) Deputy has the right to in- 
stall the officers of his own Temple, whether the County 
(or District) Deputy is present or not. 

31. It is the duty of the County (or District) Deputy to 
iastall only when the Temple (or Lodge) Deputy is absent, 
or by consent or request of the latter officer when present. 

Any expressions, either in the Constitution of Subordi- 
nate Temples or in the printed forms of Deputies* com- 



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missions, that may conflict with this decision, are null anc] 
void in law, and cannot be sustained. — G. W. C. T. Md 
Lean, Canada. 

Approved by E. W. G. L., 11th s., 51. 

32. A Lodge Deputy has no right to install officers until! 
the bond of the Treasurer has been approved, and the G, 
L. tax and returns placed in his hands. — Neb., 3d s., 13. 

33. A Deputy, while addressing the retiring W. C. T. 
and the officers to be installed, should rise to his feet. — 
G. W. C. T. Brandt^ Iowa, 18th s., 7. 

34. A Deputy should give the salutation on entering the 
Lodge room at installation. — Cal., 8th s., 34. 

35. A member recommended by a Lodge to the G. W. 
C. T. for Deputy, cannot install the officers of a Lodge 
before he receives his commission. — G. W. C. T. Brandt, 
Iowa, 8th s., 8. 

36. A State Deputy has no right to install the officern 
of a Lodge, when he has received notice that the charter 
of such Lodge has been forfeited. — Wis., 5th s., 45. 

37. A Lodge Deputy has no right to obtain the P. W. 
from some member of another State, and then install the 
officers of his Lodge when his Lodge is two quarters in 
arrears to G. Lodge, and on doing this, forfeits his com- 
mission.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

38. A Deputy cannot giant a dispensation in a Lodge 
of which he is not a deputy. — N. H., 66. 

39. He should not make a regular practice of granting 
dispensations, but only do it when there seems to be an 
emergency requiring it. — Ind., 14th s., 30. 

40. A Lodge Deputy has no right to grant dispensations 
in the Lodge or Degree Temi)le at his own instance, with- 
out a vote of the Lodge requesting the same. — Cal., 8th 
s., 34. 

41. AD. G. W. C. T. cannot grant a dispensation to 
initiate a person that has been expelled, before the expi- 
ration of six months. — G. W. C. T. Brandt, Iowa, 10 s., 11. 



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42. A State, County or District Deputy has no right to 
grant a dispensation, or perform any other duties of the 
Lodge Deputy, except to install the officers, and only then 
when invited. — Ind., 17th s., 33. 

Or in the absence of the Lodge Deputy. 

43. A Lodge Deputy has no power to grant a dispensa- 
tion to a Lodge to appear in regalia at a public meeting 
connected with a District Convention. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 19th s., 59. 

44. A D. D. has no right to grant a dispensation to hold 
public installations.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 53. 

45. A Lodge D. W. G. W. C. T.'s commission gives the 
Fame powder in the Lodge as the G. W. C. T. possesses, and 
the Deputy is the head of the Order in his absence. All 
decisions of such Deputy are law, until reversed on appeal, 
and such Lodge is bound to submit to such decisions, or 
appeal. 

But he must confine himself to his legitimate 
duties. If he assumes authority that does not be- 
long to him, and undertakes to override the Consti- 
tution, or the decisions of the Grand or R. W. G. 
Lodge, his decisions are not and cannot be law. (See 
under W. C. T.) 

46. When a Subordinate Lodge is at work, a Deputy 
has no authority to stop the work for the purpose of con- 
ferring degrees, without a vote of the Lodge requesting the 
same. — Cal., 8th s., 34. 

47. A Lodge Deputy is visiting another Lodge. A 
question of law arises, and he is appealed to for his de- 
cision. Has he the authority to make one, and is it bind- 
ing upon the Lodge ? 

A, He has the right to give his opinion in such case, 
but it is only advisory, and not binding on the Lodge. 
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authority to make decisions except in his own Lodge. — G. 
W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 59. 

48. He has no more rights than any other member of 
the Lodge, and should come to order at the request of the 
W. C. T., and if he fails to do so, should be tried and 
punished for contempt. — Cal., 13th s., 70. 

49. A Lodge Deputy neglecting or refusing to make 
known any matter to liis Lodge, sent to him for that pur- 
pose by the G. W. C. T. or G. S., forfeits his commission. 
—G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1869. 

50. The official acts of a Deputy should be communi- 
cated to the Lodge in a respectful manner. If the Lodge 
fails to regard these decisions thus expressed, and unre- 
versed by the G. W. C. T., it is contempt of the G. Lodge, 
the Deputy being a G. Lodge officer. — G. W. C. T. De 
Wolf, O., loth s., 59. 

51. Q. Is it lawful for a District Deputy, if he suspects 
dishonest practices in returns of per capita tax, to call for 
and examine the books of a Subordinate Lodge? 

A. The District Deputy, as the representative of the 
G. Lodge, may demand access to the books of any Subor-! 
dinate Lodge for the purpose of investigation under above 
circumstances.— P. E. W. G. T. Chase, G. L. Scotland, 222.- 

52. A Lodge Deputy has no right to arrest a charter of 
a Lodge, but should at once report any irregularity to the 
G. W. C. T., and await his orders.— G. W. C. T. Nichols, 
111., 10th s., 10. 

53. It is not only the right but the duty of a Distric 
Deputy to render his decision in points of order. — Cal.,' 
5th s., 18. 

54. In all cases where a Subordinate Lodge passes 
resolution requiring the L. D. elect to give bonds for t" 
faithful account of all moneys coming iuto his hands, th 
G. W. C. T. will require such Deputy to give such bonds 
before he will be permitted to discharge the duties of such 
office. Inasmuch as the Grand Lodge holds the Subordi- 
nate Lodge responsible for Grand Lodge dues, even 



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though the same has been paid to the Deputy, thus treat- 
ing that officer as the agent of that Subordinate Lodge, it 
is proper that the Subordinate Lodge should have power 
to protect itself from possibility of loss. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 17th s., 52. 

55. A Lodge Deputy, upon receiving his commission, 
enters at once upon the duties of the oliice.— Ibid. 

56. A D. D. or L. D. does not have to be installed. — 
Ibid. 

57. Removal from the vicinity of a Lodge vacates a 
Lodge Deputy's commission, and the Lodge should rec- 
ommend another.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 53. 

58. Is it proper for a G.*W. C. T. to suspend a State 
Deputy's commission as soon as charges are preferred 
against him, or should he wait until he is found guilty? 
The G. W. C. T.^an exercise his own discretion as to the 
wisdom and propriety of suspending or revoking such 
commissions. The Deputy is the agent of the G. W. C. 
T., exercising such powers as are indicated by the terms 
of his commission and the provisions of the Constitution, 
and he holds the commission during the pleasure of that 
officer. Whenever in his judgment the best interests of 
the Order demand that such commission should be sus- 
pended or revoked, it is his right and duty to do so. — R. 
W. G. T. Orne, 15th s., 9. 

' This principle is affirmed by R. W. Gr. L., 19th 
b., 95. 

59. In case of wilful neglect and disregard of duty and 
rules on the part of the Lodge Deputy, can action be taken 
in Subordinate Lodge, or must the matter come before the 
G. W. C. T. ? A. If neglect of official duty, before G. W. 
C. T. ; if disregard of the rules of the Order or Lodge, 
before the Lodge.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 53. 

60. A Lodge or District Deputy is not responsible to 
the Subordinate Lodge for acts purely official; the Lodge 
may complain and ask his removal from office, but cannot 



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put him on trial, or inflict a penalty ; in other respects he 
is liable in common with other members. — Pa., 14th s., 
13. Me., 9th s., 10. 

61. Lodge Deputies are eligible to the office of Degree 
Templar, being installed by some Deputy, or by a P. D, 
Templar.— Ibid., 29. 

62. A State Deputy is not a Grand Lodge officer, and 
as such entitled to wear three stars on each side of his 
regalia. — Conn., 4th s., 46. 

The number and style of stars upon regalia hav- 
ing been left to the taste and pleasure of Lodges, 
the Grand Lodge of Connecticut has prescribed that 
a certain number of stars shall be worn on G. L. 
regalia, which explains the above decision. Pa. (12th 
8., 32) decides that though a Deputy is an officer of 
the G. Lodge, he is not entitled to wear a Grand 
officer's regalia. 

63. Has the Lodge Deputy the right to wear his official 
regalia at every meeting of the Lodge, or only on occa- 
sions, such as installation 6r similar occasions? A, He 
can wear it at all Lodge meetings. — G. W. C. T. Chas€, 
Pa., 19th s., 68. 

64. Upon the organization of a new Lodge, a member 
of a sister Lodge cannot be appointed as Deputy G. W. 
C. T. for that Lodge —Pa., 12th s., 32. 

65. A Lodge may not have a Lodge Deputy who is a 
member of another Lodge. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th 
s., 17. 

66. The office of District and L. Deputy can be held by 
the same person, at the same time in the same district. — 
Ibid. 

67. There is no such officer as Degree Deputy. — O., 14th 
s., 28. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 17. 

68. A D. G. W. C. T.'s authority extends to Degree 
Lodges. — Iowa, 8th s., 8. 



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69. A D. G. W. C. T. is the proper Degree Templar by 
virtue of his office, unless a reguhir Degree Lodge has 
been organized, and Degree Templar elected and duly 
commissioned by the G. W. C. T. — Ind., 6th s., 14. 

70. When a Lodge Deputy fails to meet with the Lodge 
more than three or four times a quarter, without apparent 
excuse, what is the proper remedy for the Lodge ? 

If the absence of the Deputy is so frequent as to em- 
barrass the proceedingvS, complaint should be made to the 
G. W. C. T., who will revoke the deputation, unless the 
Deputy becomes more attentive to his duty. — G. W. C. T. 
White, Vt., 5th s., 6. 

71. Lodge Deputies are expected to be present at the 
Lodge meetings as regularly as is consistent, and they can- 
not discharge their duties as prescribed in our Constitu- 
tion, unless they are regular attendants upon such meet- 
ings. They are not, however, officers of the Lodge, and 
hence are not finable for non-attendance. They are re- 
sponsible, officially, only to the G. W. C. T. and Grand 
Lodge.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 16. 

72. A Deputy cannot use the P. W. to work his way 
when in arrears, although officially in his possession from 
the G. W. S. A Deputy in arrears forfeits his commis- 
sion. -111., 7th s., 31. Conn., 6th s., 47. G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 1870. 

73. And the Lodge has not only power to deny him a 
seat, but to expel him for attempting to gain admittance 
upon the pass, when his dues are unpaid (he not being in 
possession of the pass, in a Constitutional sense). — Ind., 
7th s., 13. 

74. A L. D. has no right to instruct any one, except an- 
other Deputy, in the key of our Order, or in the mannei 
of making out the pass-word from the cipher, — G. W. C. 
T. Chase, Pa,, 17th s., 51. Iowa, 11th s., 8. 

75. Members have no right to argue points of law with 
a L. D., or to contradict him, or to use disrespectful lai^- 
guage.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 52. 



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76. A Lodge Deputy has no more right to speak more 
than twice upon a subject than any other member of the 
Lodge, except in the discharge of official duties as Depu- 
ty.— Ibid. 

77. A L. D. has no right to keep the Digest belonging 
to .the Lodge in his possession, or copy of Keystone 
Good Templah furnished by the Grand Lodge. They 
are the property of the Lodge, and all members have a 
right to use them. — Ibid. 

78. Lodges, when their Deputies are permanently ab- 
sent, should recommend a new appointment. — 111., 1860. 

79. If a Deputy G. W. C. T. resigns, he should make 
it known to the Lodge prior to sending in his resignation 
to the G. W. S., allowing the Lodge to recommend his 
successor, as he has no right to name his successor. — Ind., 
7th s., 7. 

80. A D. G. W. C. T., by taking a clearance card, for- 
feits his commission. — G. W. C. T. Williams, Cal., 3d s., 
10. 

Unless a State or District Deputy, and he imme- 
diately joins another Lodge. 

81. A State or District Deputy who obtains a clearance 
card and retains it without joining any Lodge, has no 
right to perform the functions pertaining to a Deputy's 
office, by installing officers, exemplifying the unwritten 
work of the Order, etc.— Cal., 8th s., 34. G. W. C. T. 
Potter, ]Sr. J., 4th s., 9. 

82. A Deputy has no right to allow persons to join a 
Lodge as charter members, after the Lodge has been 
organized past first t-erm, nor should he initiate any person 
as a charter member, unless fully satisfied as to the cha- 
racter of the applicant. — G. T., vol. 5, 29. 

83. Each Deputy should, immediately after each instal- 
lation, send a report to the G. S. stating the time when 
the officers were installed, the names of the W. C. T. and 



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S., and state the general condition of the Lodge, and such 
other matters as would be of interest. — Ibid. 

84. A special Deputy is one appointed to do certain acts 
Ret forth in his commission, and when those acts are per- 
formed his authority ceases, and while performing these 
acts, no officer, but he who issued tlie commission, has any 
authority to interfere. — Ind., 7th s., 7. 

85. A P. W. C. T. can be commissioned as Deputy, 
while holding that office. — Ind., 12th s., 31. 

86. No one except a G. W. C. T. or Deputy of the G. 
W. C. T., whose commission authorizes him to do so, can 
institute a Lodge. — 111., 7th s., 21. 

87. Can a District or Lodge Deputy of one District 
institute Lodges within the jurisdiction of another such 
officer ? 

A, Lodge Deputies have no power to institute Lodges, 
unless specially empowered by the G. W. C. T. District 
Deputies are assigned fixed boundaries, and unoccupied 
fields to labor in. To go beyond these and into tlie territory 
of another, would be an act of discourtesy which no Good 
Templar should be guilty of. We should regard it as an 
ofifence deserving of severe censure, but by invitation we 
could see no objection to a zealous and energetic Deputy 
aiding a less energetic and successful brother. This, like 
many other subjects of a similar nature, can be regulated 
without any additional legislation. — Pa., 13th s., 34. 

88. In case a State, District or Lodge Deputy violates 
his pledge, it is the duty of the Lodge to which he belongs 
to try him for the offence, and then to notify the officer 
from whom he received his commission of the action of 
the Lodge in the premises. Should he be suspended or 
expelled, the action of the Lodge virtually annuls his com- 
mission, and the G. W. C. T., or R. W. G. T., who issued 
it, has simply to strike the name from his list of Deputies. 
—R. W. G. T. Hastings, 12th s., 10. Pa., 16th s., 20. 

89. A Lodge has no power to remove a Lodge Deputy 
by vote, but can petition the G. W. C. T. for his removal. 



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The petition should always set forth the reasons why the 
Deputy should be removed. — G. W. C. T. Nichols, III., 
11th s., 10. 

90. A Deputy refusing to forward money belonging to| 
G. Lodge to G. W. S. is liable to charge. — Wis., 12th 8, A 
AO. 

91. When under our laws and decisions circumstances 
in a Lodge warrant a L. D. in demanding the chair, he 
must close the Lodge in the usual form and adjourn to the j 
regular time of next meeting. The Lodge at next meet- i 
ing must go through the regular order of business, the 
unfinished business of last meeting (if any) coming up 
regularly under the head of "unfinished business." — G. 
W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 53. 

92. A L. D. decides all questions of law, when submit- ; 
ted to him by the W. C. T., the Lodge, or any member of 
the Lodge, and also decides questions at his own instance ' 
when, in the unconstitutional proceedings of a Lodge, it 
becomes necessary for him to interfere. See Good oj the 
Order, chap. 14. — Id. 

93. The District Deputy may prefer a charge against a 
member in his jurisdiction. In case of an appeal it would 
be made directly to the G. W. C. T.— Id. 

For some practical remarks on the rights, privi- 
leges, and duties of Deputies, the reader is referred 
to chap. 14 and 18 of the " Good of the Order/' by 
the author (see Adv.). 

Eligibility of Membership. 

1. The adoption of honorary membership, by Grand or 
Subordinate LodgCvS, is a violation of the usages of the 
Order, as well as its spirit and object. — E. W. G. T. Chase, 
7th 8., 12. Can., vol. 7, 8. K. L, 4th s., 7. Ind., 15th 
8., 14. 

2. Can w^e receive as members colored persons ; and will 
the Grand Lodge grant a charter to such parties ? 



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A, We receive into our Order all who are willing to 
subscribe to our laws, irrespective of their color. It ia 
sufficient for us to know that they have a soul to save 
from the blighting effects of intemperance, in order to 
throw open our doors to them; and if application should 
be made for a charter to open a Lodge by such parties, it 
would be granted. — Can., vol. 14, p. 15. Iowa, 11th p., 8. 
R. W. G. T. Hastings, 12th s., 7. 

3. No person known to be deeply immoral, should be 
admitted to membership in our Order, until he gives good 
evidence of a sincere desire to reform. — G. W. C. T. Tow- 
er, Conn., 3d s., 11. 

4. A candidate refusing to answer the question, Do 
you believe in the existence of Almighty God or answer- 
ing the same in the negative, must retire from the ante- 
room, and cannot become a member of our Order. — R. W. 
G. T. Chase, 9th s. 

5. Can persons who do not believe that the Bible is the 
word of God become members of our Order ? 

A. If they answer all the questions of the P. W, C. T. 
affirmatively they can.— G. W. C. T. Way, Ind., 13th 8.,7. 

6. Deaf and dumb persons may be admitted into our 
Order, provided they can read and write, through which 
means they inust receive the obligation, and consent to a 
compliance with our Constitution, laws and usages. — Can., 
5, vol. 20. 

7. When such members present themselves at the outer 
gate, it will be the duty of the S. to report them through 
the G. to the W. C. T., by whose instructions they will be 
admitted to the Lodge room. — Ibid. 

8. Soldiers who have lost their right arm in the service 
of our country, should not be deprived of membership in 
our Order because they cannot make all our signs. — G. W. 
C. T. Way, Ind., 13th s., 7. 

9. A Government Inspector or watchman at a distillery 
can become a member of our Order and continue in that 



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occupation ; being a Government officer, lie is not con» 
nected with the liquor traffic.— Pa., 14th s., 35. 

10.. An inspector and ganger of whisky under the regu- 
lations of the revenue laws of the U. S. can be admitted 
to membership in our Order, and continue to act in such 
capacity.— G. VY. C. T. Needham, Ky., 5th s., 10. 

11. Can excisemen, who are necessarily employed in 
breweries and distilleries, be members of the Order? 

A. Yes ; the prohibition does not apply to excisemen. — 
P. R. W. G. T. Chase, G. L. of Scotland, 223. 

12. A druggist who sells liquors only for medicinal, 
sacramental and mechanical purposes, can become a mem- 
ber of our Order. — Ind., 12th s., 7. Iowa, 14th s., 8. 

13. So can his clerk, or any one in his employ. — G. W. 
C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 22. 

14. Can a person who manufactures cider be admitted 
to membership in our Order, he being a temperance man 
otherwise ? A . He can, provided he does not manufacture 
it to be used as a beverage. — Mich., 15th s., 32. 

15. A member of our Order can act as a clerk in a store 
where cider is sold, provided he refuses and does not par- 
ticipate in the sale thereof. — G. W. C. T. Brandt, Iowa, 
18th s., 7. 

16. A maltster cannot become a member of the Order so 
long as he continues the business of malting. — G. W. C. 
T. Ball, N. Y., 5th s. 

17. A clerk in a store where wines and liquors are sold 
as a beverage, and where it is part of his duty to handle 
them, cannot be a worthy member of our Order ; and 
most certainly the owner or part owner of a store where 
wines and liquors are thus sold cannot be more worthy.— 
R. W. G. T. Hastings, 12th s., 8. Wis., 9th s., 16. 

18. Can an officer of a steamboat, who occasionally 
makes purchases of liquors, for consumption as a beverage, 
with other articles of merchandise, as an accommodation 
to patrons of the boat, but without pay or commission for 



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himself, become a member of the Order of Good Tem» 
plars, or remain such and continue this practice? 

A. He cannot; such purchases not being compulsory, 
nor any part of the legitimate duty of an officer, in navi- 
gating a steamboat.— K. W. G. T. Hastings, 13th s., 8. 

19. A person holding membership in a Lodge in one 
State, having been absent therefrom a year, can join a 
Lodge in another State by initiation. — Neb., 5th s., 42. 

20. No one except a member of a Grand Lodge can be 
admitted to membership in the K. W. G. Lodge. — E. W. 
G. T. Chase, 8th s., 7. 

21. Two Third Degree members, whose Lodge became 
extinct five years ago, in the absence of the members, and 
said Lodge letting their charier go by default, neither dis- 
tributing cards nor reporting to their Grand Lodge, being 
able to prove themselves in the Degrees, and vouched for 
as in the above circumstances, and desiring to connect 
themselves with the Order again, were, upon the night of 
organization, requested to assist in tlie organizing cere- 
monies, signed the Constitution, paid their full initiation 
fees, and assisted in the Grand offices: Does the fact of 
their officiating instead of passing through the ceremonies 
as initiates prevent their being members? Are they not 
essentially members of the Lodge, where they officiated, 
and have complied with all the requirements and condi- 
tions as initiates ? 

A. What was the status of the two individuals spoken 
of at the time of the organization of the Lodge? If, on 
the giving up of the charter of the Lodge of which they 
were formerly members, they had procured cards, these 
cards would have been valid but one year; and hence, 
at the close of the year, had they not in the mean time 
used the cards to connect themselves with some other 
Lodge, they would have been out of the Order. The fact 
that they did not get cards on the breaking up of the 
Lodge, cannot place them in any more favorable position 
at the end of five years than they would have been in had 
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Taking this view of the matter, and guided by the 'aw 
and decisions of the Order, I answer the first question by 
saying, that the fact that they were not initiated does pre- 
vent their being members, without some further action be- 
ing had, and hence it follows, in reply to the second ques- 
tion, that the fact of their having officiated without initia- 
tion, does- not make them members of the Lodge. I would 
recommend that the brothers in question, everything hav- 
ing been done in good faith, be simply required to take 
the obligation— K. W. G. T. Hastings, 12th s., 9. 

22. A Lodge has no right to admit to membership any 
person residing in another town where a Lodge exists, 
without permission from the Lodge which is located in 
the town where such person resides.— G. W. C. T. Walk- 
ley, Conn., 4th s., 22. N. Y., 1st s., 21. Ante 38, Art. 3. 

23. Stacy Lodge requires persons to be sixteen years of 
age in order to become members; Corry Lodge, four miles 
from Stacy, requires persons to be only fourteen years of 
age ; now have persons under sixteen, resident at Colum- 
bus, a right to go and join Corry Lodge without the con- 
sent of Stacy Lodge? If so, is Stacy Lodge obliged to 
admit them as visitors? 

A. Persons under sixteen years of age, resident in Co- 
hmibus, have not the right to go and join Corry Lodge, 
witiiout the consent of Stacy Lodge, and the admission of 
visitors, by Lodges, being an act of courtesy rather than a 
ri(jht, Stacy Lodge is to be the judge of the propriety of 
admitting such members as visitors. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 1868. 



Election of Candidates. 

1. Propositions for membership in our Order must be 
written or printed. — Can., vol. 9, 13. 

2. It is not necessary to have a separate committee ap- 
pointed for each candidate proposed. The W. C. T. can 



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appoint the same committee on any number of proposi- 
tions, unless objection is made, or a desire expressed bj 
Bome member to have a separation. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 16th s., 16. 

3. The proposer cannot be one of the committee. — Id., 
18. 

4. Q. Can a Lodge appoint a standing committee at 
the commencement of each term to investigate all propo- 
sitions for membership? A. Art. 3, Sec. 2, requires each 
proposition to be submitted to a committee of three, but 
does not specify the time when such committee shall be 
appointed; therefore a By-Law appointing a standing 
committee at commencement of each term would meet 
all requirements of the Constitution, and a greater number 
than three would not conflict, while a less would, — Id., 17th 
B., 50. 

5. It is an imperative duty of a W. C. T. to appoint a 
Committee of Investigation on the proposition of a person 
he deems of a doubtful character. — G. W. C. T. Brandt, 
Iowa, 10th s., 8. 

6. A committee upon a proposition can report the same 
evening that the proposition is made. — Wis., 7th s., 28. 

7. Or at the next meeting, or be continued until some 
other meeting. — Ind., 17th s., 39. 

8. When a majority of a committee on an application 
for membership are not present to make their report at 
the ne^t regular meeting after their appointment, other 
members can be added to the committee, in order that a 
report may be made that evening, and in the absence of 
all the members of the committee a new one can be ap- 
pointed.— G. W. C. T. Brandt, Iowa, 18th s., 7. 

9. A committee of investigation upon application for 
membership should always have a personal interview with 
the candidate, unless from intimate acquaintance and pre- 
vious knowledge such person is known to be worthy and 
to desire membership.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 16. 
Wis., 9th s., 16. 

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10. A party whose name has been proposed in Lodge 
A, and referred to a committee, cannot, before the com- 
mittee makes report, or the Lodge takes any further action, 
join Lodge B.— Ind., 17th s., 39. 

11. The report of a committee of investigation on a 
candidate for membership, must be submitted to the 
Lodge for action before the ballot be taken, whether the 
report be favorable or unfavorable. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 1872. 

12. When a committee of investigation have reported 
upon an application, the Lodge can recommit it for fur- 
ther investigation. — Iowa, 7th s., 25. 

13. A number of candidates can be voted for at once, 
except when black balls are cast; it should then be done 
singly —N. Y., 2d s., 23. Iowa, 9th s., 27. 111., 13th s., 
75. 

This decision is correct, as it gives a secret ballot 
against any particular candidate, and as many times 
a large number of candidates are voted for, against 
whom no one has objection, much time is saved by 
this practice. The R. W. G. L. has expressed the 
opinion that this question belongs to Grand Lodges 
(12th s., 25). 

14. Can Lodges under decision of P. R. W. G. T. Chase 
vote on candidates collectively without first obtaining con- 
sent of the Lodge? Ans. It is competent for any one to 
move, and for the Lodge to vote, that a ballot be taken 
collectively upon all the candidates. It is also competent 
for the Lodge to pass a By-Law, Rule of Order or stand- 
ing resolutions to the same effect. It would not be proper 
for the W. C. T., in the absence of any action of the 
Lodge in the premises, to direct a collective ballot to be 
taken. This is a permissive privilege, awarded Lodges 
to save time in balloting for candidates supposed to be 
entirely unobjectionable, but is only brought into action 
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avail itself of sucli privilege. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
17th 8., 59. 

15. While a ballot is proceeding for W. C. T., it cannot 
be stopped and ordered over again for the purpose of 
allowing another candidate to be balloted for. — Cal., 7th 
B., 31. 

16. In balloting for candidates, it is not right for one 
member to cast a ballot for another, nor is it right for one 
member to authorize another to cast his vote. — Wis., 9th 
8., 16. 

17. And if a member of some other Lodge votes, the 
result of such ballot is illegal if the vote of such visiting 
member changes the result. — Ibid. 

18. The Marshal cannot cast the ballot of the Lodge in 
the election of members. — Pa., 13th s., 33. 

19. A majority of black balls rejects the candidate, 
whether the number thrown be more or less than that 
specified in the Constitution. — G. W. C. T. Boyd, Me., 
14th 8., 14. 

20. The W. C. T. inspects the ballot-box previous to 
balloting, to see that no balls, white or black, are in it; 
after balloting, the W. C. T. examines it to ascertain the 
result. No officer except the W. C. T. has a right to 
inspect the ballot-box after ballotings are had, though, I 
believe, as a matter of courtesy, the R. S. is permitted by 
the W. C. T. to witness the count.— G. W. C. T. Pershing, 
Ind., 7th s., 12. 

This is erroneous. The W. V. T. and R. and L. 
Supporter examine and severally announce the result. 
See under Forms. 

21. In the election of candidates, a Lodge must use ball 
ballots, or something that represents them. — Wis., 9th 8., 
16. Iowa, 11th s., 40. 

22. An informal ballot cannot be taken on the election 
of an applicant for membership. — Iowa, 7th s., 25. 

23. When the question, "Have all voted who wish?" 



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is asked, and one or more members answer, No," the 
W. C. T. has no right to declare the ballot closed before such 
member or members have voted. — Wis., 9th s., 16. 

24. The ballot upon a proposal for membership or 
upon an application for the Degrees, can be re-taken upon 
allegation of mistake. — Cal., 3d s., 11. 

25. After a candidate has been rejected, and the result 
declared to the Lodge, a member has no right to change 
his vote, but another ballot may be ordered. — Wis., 9th 
8., 16. 

26. Two ballot-boxes at an election in a Lodge cannot 
be used.—Cal., 13th s., 64. 

27. A Lodge ballots for a candidate and decides to ad- 
mit him ; can the Lodge at its next meeting reconsider 
the question and take a fresh ballot ? Ans. — Yes, pro- 
vided such candidate has not been notified of election. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

28. Certain parties, A, B and C, reported a lady mem- 
ber of a Lodge as guilty of gross immorality ; an action 
was brought against them for slander. Pending the trial 
of the suit. A, B and C send their names ta the Lodge as 
candidates for membership. The W. S. refused to receive 
their names until said suit was decided. Did he do right ? 
A. The propositions should have been received and re- 
ferred to a committee, as required in the Constitution. If 
the committee believed the circumstances such as to ren- 
der it unwise to admit them to membership, they should 
have reported accordingly. — Id., 17th s., 55. 

29. A person was proposed for membership by card ; 
four black balls were cast, one of them put in by a visitor. 
The W. C. T. declared the person elected. Was he right ? 
A, Yes, unquestionably; the visitor having no right to 
vote, there were not legal black balls enougii to reject. — 
Id., 59. 

30. The W. C. T. or acting W. C. T. has no authority 
to discharge the case of a candidate, on his own responsi- 



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bility, after the committee has reported favorably. — Wis., 
9th 8., 7. 

31. A proposition for membership can only be with- 
drawn after a ballot is taken by unanimous consent. — Wis., 
12th s., 23. 

32. In Lodge No. 2 a ballot resulted in the rejection of 
the candidate. A motion to reconsider prevailed. Leave 
was asked and granted to withdraw the name. Deputy 
Bishop decided the action legal, which was sustained by 
G. W. C. T. Downing.— Cal., 4th s., 14. 

33. A person rejected on the first ballot, and said ballot 
being reconsidered, a Deputy G. W. C. T. cannot grant a 
dispensation to allow the Lodge to ballot the third time. — 
Mich., 7th 8., 12. 

34. Ballots, on application for membership, are subject 
to reconsideration, whether resulting in election or rejec- 
tion, provided it is done prior to adjournment or any offi- 
cial notice thereof passing out of the Lodge. — 111., 43. 
Conn., 6th s., 47. E. L, 5th s., 8. 

35. May be done at same or next meeting, and no other. 
— Un. Code, Art. 3, Sec. 2. 

36. Can be reconsidered but once. — G. T., vol. 5, 155. 
Mich., 16th s., 31. K. I., 5th s., 8. 

37. And a notice passes officially from the Lodge when 
the per€on is officially notified. — 111., 1859. 

In 1853, P. G. W. C. T. Bristol decided that ballots 
resulting in rejection could not be reconsidered, but 
he was unquestionably in error, the above decisions 
in Wis. and 111. being correct. 

38. A ballot resulting in the rejection of a candidate, 
and a motion being made to reconsider, the motion to re- 
consider may be postponed until the next regular meeting. 
—111., 168. 

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39. Ballots resulting in the election of candidates may 
be reconsidered.— G. W. C. T. Bristol, 1853. 

In the reconsideration of the vote upon the elec- 
tion of a candidate, whether the result was election 
or rejection, it is competent for any member to make 
and second the motion. As the vote is by ballot, it 
would be impracticable to require them to have voted 
in the majority. (N. Y.. 8th s., 10.) 

P. G. W. C. T. Leech, of Iowa, decided (Iowa, 
8th s., 7) that a vote electing a person to a Subordi- 
nate Lodge, cannot be reconsidered, which was sus- 
tained by the Grand Lodge. It will be seen that 
this decision is in conflict with that of R. W. G. T. 
Bristol, and it is manifestly erroneous. 

40. If a proposition for membership be rejected on the 
first ballot, also the vote on reconsideration be rejected, 
the Lodge has no right to rescind the whole proceeding, 
and receive a new proposition before the expiration of six 
months, on the ground that reconsideration is no longer 
available. — Mich., 8th s., 15. 

41. When a committee on a proposition for membership 
has reported, the Lodge may adopt or reject such report; 
if rejected, the proposition is returned to the member pre- 
senting it. If such committee report unfavorably, they 
should give their reasons, but are not compelled to do so. 
—111., 7th s., 33. 

42. One Griffith was proposed in Manchester Lodge, . 
Mo., for initiation, and the committee to whom was re- 
ferred the proposition reported adversely to his petition ; 
on motion, the report was adopted by a vote of the Lodge. 
The W. C. T. decided that a ballot was unnecessary. G. 
W. C. T. Barber decided the decision of the W. C. T. as 
irregular and unconstitutional for the following reasons : 

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the qualifications of a candidate for admission into our Order, 
and its decision must be by ballot. 

2. Personal feelings and prejudice might influence a com- 
mittee to report adversely to the claims of a candidate. 

3. It would be improper to place too much power into the 
hands of three persons. — Mo., 7th s., 6. 

43. When the Committee of Investigation reports un- 
favorably upon a candidate, the Lodge should ballot upon 
the application. — Iowa, 7th s., 25 ; G. T., vol. 8, 58. 

The reason of these decisions we suppose to be, 
that the adoption of an unfavorable report is equiv- 
alent to a rejection of the candidate, hence the vote 
should be by ballot. Although under the peculiar 
phraseology of the Missouri Constitution this deci- 
sion may be technically correct, the author deems 
the W. C. T. of Manchester Lodge upon the right 
ground, and these decisions erroneous under the 
usage of our Order and the majority of Constitu- 
tions. Is it said the adoption of an unfavorable re- 
port is equivalent to a rejection ? If so, it will take 
a majority of the Lodge to reject^ as a majority vote 
only can adopt a report, a sufficient safeguard cer- 
tainly against any prejudice of the committee. 

But it is not equivalent to a rejection for an appli- 
cation on which a committee reports adversely, if the 
report be adopted, it should be returned to the mem- 
ber presenting it, and can be renewed at any time, 
without requiring the six months^ probation. For 
instance, the committee might have reported against 
him because he was in a liquor hotel, when, if the 
Lodge adopt the report and return the application, 
and the next week the candidate leaves the hotel, 
the application can be renewed at once ; whereas, if, 



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after adopting the report, the ballot must be had to 
reject him, no act of his can remove the disability 
until the expiration of six months. 

If an adverse report be 7iot adopted^ recommitted, 
or the proposition referred to a new committee, a 
ballot should undoubtedl}^ be had, to elect or reject, 
as that is the only disposition left open to be made, 
unless it be withdrawn^ which may be done by a 
majority vote. (G. W. C. T. Ward, N. Y., 8th s., 
12.) 

44. A person can be balloted for and initiated after the 
committee of investigation have reported unfavorably. — 
Wis., 6th s., 8. 

45. Q, When a person has been proposed for mem- 
bership in a Lodge, and a committee are appointed, who 
after the usual investigation report unfavorably and are 
duly discharged, has a W. C. T. a right to order a ballot 
to be taken, and allow that person to be elected ? A. If 
the report in this case has been adopted by the Lodge, 
which we presume to have been the fact, from the com- 
mittee having been discharged, the question should be 
answered in the negative. If the report were not adopted, 
it gshould have been disposed of as indicated in last para- 
graph of remarks under sec. 43, above. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 17th s., 49. 

46. It does not require the unanimous consent of the 
members of a Lodge to allow the withdrawal of a propo- 
sition for membership, after having been referred to a 
committee, but it may be done by a majority vole. We 
are aware that in some Orders a proposition once sub- 
mitted must be tested by a ballot ; but to allow the objection 
of a single individual to prevent the withdrawal of an 
application would often endanger the existence of a Lodge, 

We give an illustration. A proposes his friend B for 
membership, who is in every way worthy. After the 
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that there is a misapprehension in the minds of some 
members, perhaps prejudices existing \^hich a better ex- 
planation might remove. If a ballot is forced at once, A 
would be mortified in seeing his friend rejected, hard 
feelings would be created, and the harmony, if not the 
existence, of the Lodge endangered. All this could be 
prevented and no harm done, by allowing the proposition 
to be withdrawn.— G. T., vol. 6, 42. 

47. Under Sec. 2d of Art. III., last clause, Con. Sub. 
Lodge, a candidate may be proposed, balloted for and 
initiated the same evening. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th 
s., 44. 

48. Either a District or Lodge Deputy may grant a 
dispensation to ballot for a candidate on the same evening 
of proposal, under Art. III., ? 2 of Sub. Con. — Id., 46. 

49. A candidate may be proposed, reported upon, and 
balloted for before arriving at the required age prescribed 
in the By-Laws of the Lodge, if such candidate is of the 
required age at initiation. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 16th s., 
19. 

50. It is not proper to admit a candidate into the ante- 
room before said candidate has been elected to member- 
ship.— G. W. C. T. Graw, N. J., 4th s., 12. 

51. Q. What can a Lodge do when a person of unim- 
peachable character is black-balled through personal 
malice? 

A, The ballot is a secret one, and no one is privileged 
to know how any member votes. Personal dislikes, how- 
ever, should never influence the vote of anv Good Temp- 
lar.— Wis., 10th s., 23. 

52. When the evidence is positive that black balls are 
cast through personal prejudices, a charge should be 
immediately preferred against the member casting the 
same. — N. H., 8. 

53. When a candidate is rejected, not at ail on account 
of objections to him personally, but solely because a party 



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in the Lodge is determined to reject all candidates, worthy 
or unworthy, in order to injure the Lodge and prevent its 
growth, does the Lodge retain jurisdiction of the rejected 
candidate so that he cannot be admitted to another Lodge? 

No. In order to retain jurisdiction, jurisdiction must 
have been exercised in Faith, Hope and Charity, espe- 
cially in Charity, and not in malice, hatred, or any other 
evil disposition, toward the candidate or toward the 
Order.— G. W. C. T. White, Vt., 5th s., 6. 

54. In Illinois, a candidate for initiation into a Subor- 
dinate Lodge was rejected. One month afterward, the 
same person was properly proposed, elected and initiated 
into the same Lodge. The case, after being decided by 
Deputy and G. W. C. T., was appealed to Grand Lodge, 
on ground that it was the same Lodge that rejected him 
and not another, and consequently not in violation of the 
Constitution, which says " that they shall not have been 
rejected or expelled from any other Lodge of our Order 
within three months preceding their proposition herein." 
Decided, that a Lodge cannot receive a candidate that U 
has rejected within three months, unless the Lodge rescinds 
its action on the proposition, which was not done in this 
case. The section of the Constitution referred to is as 
imperative on the Lodge rejecting the candidate as any 
other.— 111., 11th s., 43. 

55. Our laws require that applications for membership 
in Subordinate Lodges by Deposit of card, or as Ancient 
Good Templars, should be referred to a committee, and 
reported upon at a subsequent regular meeting, the same 
as in the case of proposal for membership by initiation. — 
Mich., 10th s., 18. 

56. And must be balloted for and elected. — Iowa, 12th 
s., 24. 

57. A Lodge cannot by a vote admit a person on an 
expired clearance card. — Mich., 16th s., 33. 

58. A Subordinate Lodge can elect and initiate as a 
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ptore, but he must immediately abandon such business. — 
Pa., 12th 8., 18. 

59. In cases of reports against the character of any 
person elected but not initiated, the W. C. T. may have 
power to appoint a committee to investigate such reports, 
and, if they are sustained, the Lodge may declare the 
election null and void. — N. Y., 1st s., 21. 

60. Q. A person is proposed for membership whose case 
is referred to a committee who report favorably ; he is 
balloted for and rejected ; the vote reconsidered and re- 
ferred back to the committee. The next evening a report 
is submitted, and he is balloted for and elected, and so 
notified. Next evening, the committee send in a written 
communication saying they never have signed such a 
report. W. C. T. declares the person elected. Is it 
correct ? 

A. No. A person cannot be legally elected on a fraud- 
ulent or forged report of an Investigating Committee. — 
Mass., 186. 

61. If a member wishing to join by card is black-balled, 
the card is not annulled nor its validitv affected. — Wis., 
8th 8., 7. 

62. Where a person desires to join our Order in a town 
where two or more Lodges exist, at a distance of two 
miles or over from each other, he must be proposed in 
the one nearest his residence, or have the consent of such 
Lodge to enable him to connect himself with any other. 
This is obviously carrying out the vspirit of Art. 3, sec. 1, 
of the Constitution. — Mass., 306. 

63. That provision of the Constitution which forbids 
that a person should be proposed for membership in any 
other Lodge than the one nearest his residence, except 
with the formally voted consent of the latter, has reference 
not to absolute distance but to nearness by the usually 
traveled road, and more particularly to that pcint which 
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self with our Order. In determining this, town lines are 
not regarded. — Maine, 9th s., 5. 

64. A Subordinate Lodge has no right to receive a mem- 
ber of another Lodge into membership, unless he first pro- 
duces a clearance card from his former Lodge, or satisfac- 
tory proof that one was voted. — Wis., 9th s., 16. 

65. The election of a candidate is determined solely by 
the fact that not more than four black balls be cast. There- 
fore if a legal quorum be present (seven in Ohio), a can- 
didate would be elected, though /ou?' of the seven should 
black-ball the person. — G. W. C. T. Spencer, O., 10th s., 
29. 

Ohio does not have the Un. Code in which four 
rejects.* 

66. There is no law to compel members to give their 
reasona for casting black balls. — Iowa, 10th s., 9. R. I., 
6th s., 8. 

67. Can a person who, while in good standing, has taken 
a card and then violated Article II., be received by initia- 
tion into another Lodge, the officers and members of which 
are well acquainted with the facts? 

A. The Lodge to which he applies has no means of 
knowing whether he has been drunk or not, any more 
than if he had never been a member of a Lodge, and 
would accordingly receive the candidate as an original 
applicant. — Cal., 8th s., 35. 

68. If a member proposes the name of a candidate for 
membership, and vouches for the fee that should accom- 
pany the proposition, and the candidate fails to appear, 
the proposer is accountable to the Lodge for the fee. — Ibid. 

69. Can a brother who has been expelled for divulging 
the private work be again received into the Order? 

A. There is no law in our Order which would prevent 

* For extended reasons in support of our law which allows /our nega- 
tive votes to reject an applicant, see Chap. XVII. of Chase's Good qf 
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it. The Lodge is to judge of the propriety of electing or 
rejecting such an applicant for membership. Certainly 
great caution should be used under such circumstances. — 
P. K. W. G. T. Chase, •G. L. Scotland, 225. 

70. Can any person become a life-member of this Order 
I(^ga!ly, or constitutionally, by paying any sum which the 
Lodge may be satisfied with, and be exempt from further 
payment of dues? 

A. Yes ; provided such sum paid is sufficient to cover 
the aggregate of the dues for such life, and it might be of 
great advantage to receive a member's dues in advance. — 
K. W. G. L., 19th s., 96. 

Election of Officers. 

1. All elective officers must be chosen by written or 
printed ballots, but the Lodge can by unanimous vote in- 
struct the M. to cast one ballot for the Lodge. — G.'W. C. 
T. Brandt, Iowa, 10th s., 8. Wis., 9th s., 10. 

2. Cannot be by sign of the Order. — 12th s., 24. 

3. If blank ballots be cast in an election,' they should 
not be counted as votes castj but thrown out. — Iowa, 7th s., 31. 

4. In balloting for officers in Subordinate Lodges, only ^ 
legal votes are to be counted; all blanks and ballots cast 
for persons not properly nominated are illegal. — R. W. G. 
T. Russell, 18th s., 983. O., 14th s., 45. 

5. In the cast of a tie, the W. C. T. has no right to give 
the casting vote.— Wis., 9th s., 16. G. W. C. T. Chase, 
17th s., 53. 

He has the right to vote at the election of officers, the 
same as any other member. — Can., vol. 14th, 13. 

6. When but one candidate is in nomination, the Lodge 
may instruct any member to cast the vote of the Lodge 
for such candidate.— III., 1858. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
18th s., 45. Md., 4th s., 8. 

7. Which instruction must be unanimous. — G. W. C. T, 
Boyd, Me., 14th s., 11. 



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8. And no member can claim the privilege of ballot 
after mch instruction. — 111., 1858. 

9. (1) When a Constitution provides: that in the event 
of no choice upon the first ballot, rtie two highest candi- 
dates shall be taken as candidates for second ballot, if 
more than two have an equal number, of votes, the second 
ballot shall be between all embraced in the two highest 
numbers. 

(2) If one of the two highest declines standing as a 
candidate for the second ballot, this does not introduce the 
third highest on the first ballot, but another ballot should 
be taken, same as first. — Wis., 6th s., 22. 

10. A Lodge has a right to say that after a second bal- 
lot, voting shall be confined to the three or two highest 
candidates. In which case, votes given for candidates 
ruled out would be counted as blank ballots. — G. W. C. T. 
Giles, Wis., 1866. 

11. Is it constitutional, when balloting for officers, to 
take a piece of paper (instead of the regular written bal- 
lot) with the names of the candidates and allow each 
member to mark opposite the name he prefers ? 

A. No ; this would not be a ballot. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 18th s., 44. 

12. The following resolution, viz., Resolved^ That all 
Third Degree members are hereby nominated to the sev- 
eral offices in the gift of the Lodge, does not make a nomi- 
nation. — Wis., 6th s., 22. 

13. Can a W. C. T. of a Lodge appoint a committee to 
nominate officers ? 

A. As the mode of nominating officers is not prescribed 
by our laws, a Lodge may vote to have a committee ap- 
pointed to nominate officers, and if their report is adopted 
by the Lodge, such nominees would be the candidates to 
tjupport.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 46. 

14. Each Lodge can determine whether it will receive 
the nominations of members to an office who are absent 
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nothing in our Constitution or By-Laws preventing it, and 
even if a Lodge had a By-Law or a resolution requiring 
all members nominated to be present, and no objection 
was made to one nominated while absent, before installa- 
tion, such member could hold office. — Ibid. 

15. A W. C. T. should not entertain a motion to clo?e 
nominations for office so long as any one desires to nomi- 
nate; and to ascertain this fact he should inquire, ''Are 
there any other nominations?*' and pause, giving ample 
time for members to respond. When it manifestly appears 
that no one desires to make further nominations, the W. 
C. T. can close nominations without a motion. — G. W. C. 
T. Chase, Pa., 1870. Conn., 17th s., 64. 

16. A member who has been nominated for office and 
declined may withdraw his or her declination, and become 
a regular candidate. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17tli s., 53. 

17. If, on the night of nomination, a member refuses to 
be a candidate for the office of W. C. T., but he is nomi- 
nated, and, on the night of election, accepts, and is elected, 
his election is legal. — Mich., 8th s., 15. 

18. After nominations have been made by a Lodge on 
the regular previous meeting for any office, which nomi- 
nations are not declined, can a Lodge again, by vote, open 
the nomination on the evening of election, and will the 
election of officers so last nominated be of legal effect? 

A. They may, by a two-thirds vote, and such elections 
are legal.— Mich., 13th s., 12. 

19. A member of a Lodge can be nominated for two or 
more offices, and if elected to both, such member has the 
right of choice as to which he will accept, leaving the 
other to be filled by the Lodge.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
17th s., 53. 

20. When the nominations for officers are made the 
evening preceding the election, tjie nominations cannot be 
again opened on the night of election without a vote of the 
Lodge. — Id. 

21. Under last clause of Sec. 8, Art. 8, By-Laws, it re- 



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quires a vote of the Lodge to open nominations, where 
requested by five members. The By-Laws say nominations 
may be opened upon the request of five members, but the 
Lodge, by vote, is to determine whether they shall be 
opened or not. Such vote, however, not to be taken until 
five members request it. — Ibid., 18lh s., 44. 

22. It is proper to nominate, elect and install officers to 
fill a vacancy on the same evening. — Ibid., 45. 

23. Art. 8, Sec. 3 of By-Laws, says: ''The officers shall 
be balloted for collectively, with printed or written tick- 
ets." If there is only one candidate for each office, with 
the exception of Sentinel, and for that there are two 
nominations, and the Secretary is instructed to cast the 
ballot of the Lodge for the officers for which there is but 
one candidate, while the Lodge ballots for the other, can 
the officers be said to be balloted for collectively, and can 
Rnch action be properly called constitutional? 

A. Yes. Collectively does not necessarily mean on the 
same piece of paper ^ but together, or at the same time. 
When the Lodge unanimously instructs the Secretary or 
any officer or member to do a part of its voting, it is the 
same as though the members deposited the ballot in per- 
son ; and as the Lodge votes for a part of the officers 
tlirough the Secretary, or some other agent, and the bal- 
ance pervsonally, and all at the same time, and in the same 
box, and counted at the same time, it is a collective ballot. — 
Ibid., 46. 

24. When individuals are nominated for W. C. T. on 
the evening of nomination, one declines, but on the even- 
ing of election receives a majority of all the votes cast, 
can he then accept the office, and should he be declared 
elected ? 

A. He can accept, and should be declared elected ; and 
so with any officer. — Mich., 13th s., 12. 

25. Lodge No. 9 nominated three brothers tor W. C. T. 
One declined on the night of election. That brother was 
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ballot was had. Before the ballots were counted, he en- 
tered and again positively declined. He was found to 
have received a majority, and declared legally elected by 
the W. C. T., and the Deputy sustained it. On appeal, 
the decision was reversed by G. W. C. T. Downing. — Cal., 
4ih s., 19. 

26. At the meeting prescribed by the Constitution, sis- 
ter A, with others, was regularly nominated for W. C. T. 
On the night of election, the next meeting, all the candi- 
dates, except the sister A, declined, whereupon a motion 
was made to re-open the nominations, which prevailed, 
and brother B and others were nominated. The electioji 
was held, and it was found that sister A had received 
seven votes, and brother B nine ; whereupon brother B 
was declared duly elected W. C. T. An appeal was taken, 
the appellant alleging, as sister A was the only regularly 
and constitutionally nominated candidate, she received 
all the legal votes cast. The Grand Lodge sustained the 
appeal, declaring sister A the regularly elected W. C. T., 
and directing the proper officer to install her. — Iowa, 8th 
s., 10. 

27. There is not the same authority for re-opening 
nominations to office, where all have not refused to serve 
as where they have so refused ; the right in one case im- 
plies its existence in the other; it is simply a question of 
reconsideration. — Pa., 13th s., 15. 

28. Sec. 3, Art. 5, requires the W. C. T. and W. V. T. 
to be full Degree members after the second election. Is 
it after the second election of that particular individual 
to either of these offices, or js it after the election of officers 
for the Lodge? A, Art. 5, Sec. 2, refers to the second 
election of officers in the Lodge^ and the election of officers 
at the organization is counted as the first. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 17th s., 55. ^ 

29. Is a full Degree member who has served the latter 
'part of a term as F. S. and the first part of the succeeding 
term as S., and resigning from the latter position, eligible 
to the office of W. C. T. ? A. Yes. 



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30. Where the Constitution says a W. C. T. shall an- 
nounce the result of a ballot at election, does it mean the 
whole ballot, or only candidates elected? A. He shall 
announce the whole ballot, and not merely the names of 
candidates elected. — Id. 

31. When a Lodge has voted for officers, and the W. 
M. is not elected on the first ballot, can the Lodge by a 
two-thirds vote receive new candidates for the office before 
proceeding with the election ? A. Sec. 1, Art. 8, By-Laws 
of Subordinate Lodges, prescribes how and when further 
nominations may be made. It is too late, after an elec- 
tion has been gone into, unless all the nominees should 
decline. — Id. 

32. Is a member elected W. C. T. under these circum- 
stances ? — A and B were nominated W. C. T. on the regular 
night for nomination, and on election night the nominations 
were re-opened and C nominated for W. C. T. Brother 
B said with the permission of the Lodge he declined, but 
permission was not granted. A received nineteen votes, 
B nine, and C twelve, whereupon the W. C. T. decided 
B not a candidate and declared A elected W. C. T. 
Ans. Under our Constitution officers must be elected by a 
majority vote, and our By-Laws prescribe that only legal 
votes are to be counted, and define that legal votes are only 
those cast for regularly nominated candidates. It seems 
that B said that with permission of the Lodge he declined, 
and it is stated that no permission was given. The very 
essence of a regular nomination is acceptance^ and any 
member nominated has the right to decline without the 
consent of the Lodge ; and believing that B intended to 
decline, we must hold that he was not a candidate, and 
hence that the votes cast for him should not have been 
counted, and A was duly elected. 

This opinion affirms the decision in Cal., 4th s., 19 (ante 
s., ^5). Sec. 26 is based on a Constitution and By-Laws 
which did not permit a re-opening of nominations unless 
all the candidates declined.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1870. 

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meeting at half-past seven o^clock, and on the regular 
evening for election of officers the Lodge met at half- 
past six, in accordance with previous adjournment, and 
elected officers and adjourned before the hour of half-past 
seven arrived, the election was held illegal. 

When the law fixes the time for the election of any 
officer, no election can legally be held before the time fixed 
except to fill a vacancy ; but if the election be not held 
at the proper time, through neglect or otherwise, it may 
be held after the time fixed by law. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 16th s., 50. 

34. After the first ballot no votes are to be counted 
which are cast for other than the two candidates having 
the highest number of votes on the first ballot. 

Jn case of a tie between a second and third candidate 
on the first ballot, both may be balloted for till the fourth 
ballot, when, if there be still a tie, and neither withdraws, 
the Lodge shall determine, by special ballot, which of the 
two shall be a candidate at the next balloting. — O., 14th 
s., 45. 

35. There is no such thing in our Order as reconsidera- 
tion of the election of officers. In case illegal votes are 
cast, and it is not known how they are cast, or the election 
is conducted illegally in any manner, the W. C. T. shouhl 
order a new election. — Conn., 4th s., 45. G. W. C. T. 
Benton, K. I., 5th s., 8. 

36. In all cases of illegal election to office in a Subor- 
dinate Lodge, exception must be taken to such election 
before such officers are installed ; after an officer has been 
installed, and proceeds to the discharge of the duties of 
the office, he is entitled to all the honors of the office. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 53. Neb., 5th s., 4L 

37. In an election of officers, say the W. C. T., there are 
fifty-two -votes cast. A receives twenty-seven votes, B 
twenty-five, and it can be proved that four visiting members 
voted with the majority; what should the Lodge do? 

A, If a sufficient number of visiting members voted to 



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change the result, and it can be proven that such illegal 
votes were cast in the majority, the candidate receiving 
a majority of the legal votes should be declared elected. 
If it is not known how the visiting members voted, and 
it cannot be proved, then the election should be declared 
void, and a new election held. — P. R. W. G. T. Chase, 
1866. 

88. If one illegal vote changed the result of an election, 
or even rendered the question doubtful as to the result, 
it would invalidate the election; but in the event the 
majority for one of the candidates was so large that the 
illegal vote could not possibly affect the result, the election 
would be valid.— R. W. G. L., 14th s., 89. 

39. In an appeal from the action of the G. L. of 
Mass., — 

At the election of officers at the last Annual Session, 
B. Gardner and others were voted for. 

On the first and second ballot there was no election. 
On motion, it was yoted that on the next ballot the one 
liaving the highest number of votes be declared elected. 
The result of the third ballot was as follows : — Gardner, 
62 ; Banks, 58 ; Ladon, 45 ; J. C. Scott, 32. Bro. Gardner 
was declared elected, from which decision appeal was 
made to R. W. Grand Lodge. 

Section 3, of Article 3, of the Constitution of Mass., 
reads as follows, viz : — 

/' The election of officers shall be by ballot, and should 
there be more than two candidates for the same office after 
the second ballot, the candidate each subsequent balloting 
having the lowest number of votes shall be dropped until 
election is made." 

This mandatory clause of the Constitution appears to 
h.ave been violated. The balloting should have been 
continued, until by dropping the one having the lowest 
number of votes, one of the candidates should have re- 
ceived the majority of all the votes cast. 

The appeal is sustained, and the election of G. W. M. 
declared void.— R. W. G. L., 14th s., p. 88. 



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40. It is not proper, in electing officers in a Subordi- 
nate Lodge, to move that the candidate nominated, or 
one of them, if more than one, be declared the ballot of 
the Lodge, and thus elect by a vote, by the sign of the 
Order. — Iowa, 7th s., 25. 

41. The election of a certain Bro. A was not illegal 
because the Secretary omitted his name from the Record 
of Candidates, and though the record had been approved 
by the Lodge, it could declare the approved record in- 
complete, and order the addition of the omitted part at 
the next meeting. — Mich., 14th s., 40. 

42. In case, through ignorance, a Lodge elect to some 
office a member who has not the legal qualifications, the 
W. C. T. should declare such office vacant, and at once 
order another election. It is not necessary in such case 
to reconsider the vote so electing the member not having 
the requisite qualifications. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th 
8., 16. 

43. The W. C. T. on counting the ballots, called the 
name of another person instead of the one written on 
the ticket, whereby the one truly elected by the vote 
of the lodge, was defeated. Now, what course should be 
pursued ? 

A. If this was a mistake of the W. C. T. all proceed- 
ings based upon the error should be rescinded, and the 
Lodge be governed by the corrected statement. If it was 
intentional and he will not correct it and declare the proper 
one elected, then the Lodge Deputy, upon proof of the facts, 
if he was not personally cognizant of them, should declare 
the election void as to that particular office, and order a 
new election. 

If the W. C. T. was guilty of a fraud, a charge should be 
preferred against him. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1865. 

44. Is it constitutional for a member of a Subordinate 
Lodge to be elected to any office, he (or she) not being 
present at the time of election, but has previously given 
consent to the person nominating him for such office, that 
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A. The law says a member ab.«ent at nomination can- 
not be elected, but if consent to the nomination is ob- 
tained, and if no convStitiitional objection is offered, such 
an election would be legal. — Can., Vol. 17, 58. 

45. Where the Constitution of Subordinate Lodges pro- 
vides that ''no member shall be eligible to the office of 
W. C. T. or W. V. T., unless he shall first have taken 
the degrees," a member who has applied and paid for the 
degrees, but has not taken them, may be elected W. C. T. 
-er W. V. T., such election to be void, if he does not take 
them before the time of installation. — R. W. G. T. Chase, 
7th 8., 9. 

And when so void, the D. G. W. C. T. should 
order a new election. 

46. Where Constitutions of Subordinate Lodges require 
the election and installation of officers to take place upon 
certain days, implies that it cannot be done sooner, but 
should circumstances prevent, it may be legally done 
thereafter.— Pa., 3d s., 10. 

47. A Lodge voted to adjourn over its regular evening 
of meeting, Tuesday, till Thursday evening in the same 
week ; doubting the legality of the adjournment, some of 
the members assembled on the regular evening, and elected 
officers for the coming quarter. Has the Lodge a right so 
to adjourn, and was the election of officers legal ? 

It is competent for a Lodge to adjourn over the regular 
evening of meeting to a later evening in the same week, 
and when it has so adjourned, the meeting on the usual 
evening is not a regular meeting, nor can officers then be 
elected.— G. W. C. T. White, Vt., 5th s., 7. 

48. Would an election of Trustees of a Lodge be illegal 
It, through mistake, they are elected at some other meet- 
ing in January, than the last? 

A, No. When the law fixes a time for the election 
of any officer, no election can be legally held before the 
time fixed, except to fill a vacancy; but if the election 
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wiflo, it may be held after the time fixed by law. — Mich., 
14th s., 39. 

49. By unanimous vote of the Grand Lodge of Maine, 
a representative was empowered to cast the vote of the 
Grand Lodge for G. W. Counsellor, and also for G. W. 
Vice Templar. Was the election legal ? 

A, Yes. K. W. G. L., 12th s., 46. 

50. An Ex-District Deputy, who has money in his 
possession belonging to the Grand Lodge, which he has 
neglected to pay over, can be legally elected a W. C. T. 
of a Lodge of which he is a legal member. — Mich., 13th 
6., 29. 

51. A Lodge can ballot for as many Representatives 
at one time as it is entitled to in Grand Lodge. — Iowa, 
10th s., .58. 

52. Refusal to serve as an officer in a Lodge is not 
contempt. 

A sister of Social Lodge, No. 17, Wis., was appointed 
by W. C. T., as G. pro tem., which station she refused to 
fill ; thereupon the Lodge proceeded to try her for con- 
tempt, found her guilty, and expelled her; from which 
action she appealed to Grand Lodge. The action of 
Subordinate Lodge was reversed, and the sister re- 
instated in full membership. — Wis., 3d s., 15. 



Executive Committee. 

1. When, from any cause, there are only three members 
of the Executive Committee, W. C. T., G. W. V. T., and 
G. S., present, can the other two order the G. S. to pay out 
money against his own judgment? 

A. They may, in any case where the Executive Com- 
mittee, or a majority of them, have power to apply the 
funds of the Grand Lodge directlv through the G. S. — 
R. W. G. T. Russell, 19th s., 15. 

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properly convened, do whatever tlie whole committee 
could do ; consequently can, for cause, revoke the charter 
of a Subordinate Lodge. — Id. 

3. Can a Grand Lodge Executive Committee suspend 
from office any member of that committee; and if they 
have the power to do so, can they suspend a member with- 
out having previously served him or her with a charge, 
and tried such member for the alleged ofience? 

A. Yes ; and such accused member shall have notice 
and an opportunity for defence.— R. W. G. L., 19th s., 95. 

4. A Grand Lodge Executive Committee, under theUn. 
Code; can suspend a Grand Lodge representative to R. W. 
G. L. from the functions of his office and refuse to give 
him his credentia ls. — Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster 
Co., Pa., April, 1872. 

In this case, one of the representatives to the R. 
W. Grand Lodge from Pennsylvania, to the session 
of 1872, had been convicted of a high crime in the 
Quarter Sessions of Franklin County. The Execu- 
tive Committee of said Grand Lodge, at a meeting 
to which said representative was duly notified to ap- 
pear, suspended him from the office, and directed the 
credentials to be withheld from him. Whereupon 
the representative so suspended issued a writ of man- 
damus out of the Court of Common Pleas of Lan- 
caster County, directed to G. W. C. T. Chase and 
G. S. Wright, to command them to issue his creden- 
tials. After a full hearing and argument, the Court 
sustained the Grand Lodge officers and Executive 
Committee in every particular. 

The Court took the decisions in Chase's Digest as 
authorities, and counsel cited different decisions in 
it with the same effect as they would from the law 
reports of the State or United States. 



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Fees and Dues. 

1. A Subordinate Lodge cannot appropriate its funds 
for any other purpose than for the legitimate expenses of 
the Order, and the advancement of the cause of Temper- 
ance.— R. W. G. L., 11th s. 

2. Fees and dues should be reduced as near to the con- 
stitutional minimum as possible. They should be so low 
as to present no pecuniary obstacle to any who may wish 
to unite with the Order, and especially to make it acces- 
sible to the young. As our Order is free from the liabil- 
ities imposed by the benetit system, there is no necessity 
for accumulating funds. Enough to pay the current ex- 
penses of the Lodge is all that is required, and appropri- 
ations from the treasury should be strictly limited to these 
purposes. Whatever the Lodge may choose to give for 
special objects, should be raised by voluntary contributions 
from the members who are able and willing to give. — P. 
G. W. C. T. Stewart, O. 

3. To be clear of the books at the commencement of the 
current quarter, a member must pay all demands against 
him one quarter in advance. — R. W. G. T. Chase. 

4. And to be clear of the books, one must pay fines as 
well as dues.— 111., 164. Ky., 6th s., 40. 

5. Where a fine has been imposed on an officer or mem- 
ber during a quarter, it must be paid before the member 
can continue to have a seat in the Lodge room, for one 
must continue to be clear on the books to entitle him to the 
possession of the password and to use the same. — G. W. 
C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. Iowa, 18th s., 7. 

6. A member who has not paid his dues at the begin- 
nitig of a quarter is considered in arrears. — 111., 1858. 

7. Members must pay their quarterly dues in advance, 
or not be admitted to a seat in the Lodge. — Iowa, vol. 2, 

8. A member has no right to refuse to pay his dues, be- 
cause he alleges that the officers have been improperly in- 



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stalled, but he should pay the dues under protest, and then 
have the matter reviewed by the proper tribunal. — G. W. 
C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. 

9. When a member applies for admission into the Lodge 
room without the pass, and is informed he is not in good 
standing, and desires to pay his dues, the F. S. may go 
out into the ante-room and collect the dues, or the mem- 
ber may be admitted for the purpose of paying his dues 
to the F. S.— Id. 

10. And a District Deputy has no right to a seat in a 
Lodge when in arrears for dues. — G. W. C. T. Hawley, 
Wis., 2d s., 19. 

11. How shall last clause of Sec. 1, Art. 4, Constitution 
for Subordinate Lodges (Ante 39), be construed? 

A, Construe literally. "No dues shall be required of 
one for the balance of the quarter, in which he is initi- 
ated." 

We are aware this is different from our present practice 
in this State, but no other consti uction can be consistently 
placed upon this section. We are personally cognizant of 
the fact tbat such was the intention of the committee who 
reported this Uniform Code to K. W. G. L., but there is 
no time to give the reasons which induced this clause of 
Sec. 1.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 17. Conn., 6th 
8., 49. 

12. There is no conflict between Sec. 1 and 2 of Art. IV. 
of Constitution for Subordinate Lodges. They are to be 
construed together^ and the first clause of Sec. 2 is only ap- 
plicable after the term in which a member is initiated. — 
Id., 19th s., 59. 

13. The last clause of Sec. 1, Art. IV., of the Constitu- 
tion, does not apply to members admitted on clearance 
cards. Such members pay dues for the quarter or the frac- 
tion of a quarter during which they were admitted. — Id., 
18th s., 45. 

14. A person joining a Lodge by card must pay quaiv 
terly dues, the same as initiated. — Wis., 7th s., 8. 



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15. Which are chargeable only from the time he ia re- 
ceived, he having no back dues to pay. — Mich., 14th s.,* 
41. Iowa, 14th s., 7. 

16. Is a person required to pay dues for the current 
quarter who is initiated on the first meeting night of the 
quarter, and before the officers are installed or the pass- 
word given out? A. Quarters, in our Order, commencing 
on the first and ending on the last days of certain months, 
have no reference to the installation of officers or impart- 
ing the pass-word; and as Art. 4, Sec. 1, Constitution of 
Subordinate Lodges, says, *'No dues shall be required of 
one for the current quarter of his initiation,*' a person 
initiated on the first meeting of the quarter would not be 
required to pay dues ; and persons initiated at any time 
pay no dues for the current quarter, and the pass-word is 
given to all initiates on payment of initiation fees, and no 
dues are required of them until the commencement of the 
quarter succeeding their initiation. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 17th s., 54. 

17. A Grand Lodge cannot fix a maximum to initiation 
fees or dues.— K. W. G. L., 18th s., 1048. 

We give the following decisions pertaining to pay- 
ment of dues for balance of quarter in which one is 
initiated, because it is still practiced in Grand Lodges 
which have not adopted the Uniform Constitution. 
These decisions, however, are not law in jurisdictions 
using the Uniform Constitution. 

18. New members are chargeable with dues for the un- 
expired portion of tiie term in which they are admitted. 
—Mo., 5th 8., 13. 

And the dues for such unexpired portion of the 
quarter should be paid at the time of initiation and 
before the P. W. is given. 

19. It is customary, however, not to press payment un- 
til the commencement of the next term. — Ind., 7th s., 10. 



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20. Members initiated after the first week of the quar- 
ter, are required to pay only for the balance of the quar- 
ter. — Mich., 6th s., 15. 

21. A Lodge cannot initiate a member without the 
regular fee under any circumstances ; but the fee may be 
donated by the Lodge. — Ind., 12th s., 31. 

22. Nor a Degree Temple. — Iowa, 11th s., 7. 

23. The initiation fee and dues of ladies cannot be re- 
mitted, but after they are paid, they may be appropriatea 
back, by a vote of the Lodge. — Wis., 7th s., 8. 

24. A Lodge may, previous to the initiation of a can- 
didate, draw a warrant on the Treasury, in his favor, for 
amount of initiation fee, and said warrant shall be received 
as cash, and placed on the books to the credit of the can- 
didate.— Cal., 4th s., 47. 

25. A Lodge may remit dues of members in California. 
—Cal., 4th s., 49. 

26. Charter members should, in all cases, pay degree 
fees.— E. W. G. T. Hastings, 13th s., 9. 

27. A Grand Lodge has the constitutional right to pro- 
vide law that a proposition for membership shall be 
accompanied with a fee equal in amount to the initiation 
fee before a ballot can be taken on such proposition. — R. 
W. G. L., 815. 

28. So has a Subordinate Lodge the right to require the 
initiation fee to be paid when the application is made. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1870. 17th s., 57. 

29. A brother took from his Lodge a traveling card for 
one year, paying his dues for the year at forty cents a 
quarter. At commencement of next quarter the dues were 
raised to fifty cents ; can he be required to pay the ad- 
ditional ten cents each quarter? A. No. The card 
certifies that all dues and demands have been paid to 
expiration of year, and the Lodge can no more require 
him to pay the advance than the publisher of a news- 
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require his advance subscribers to pay the increased price. 
—Ibid., 16th s., 23. 

30. A member takes a card from Lodge B, paying his 
dues in advance for one year or more, but in the course 
of a few weeks, deposits said card in Lodge C ; it is asked 
must he pay his dues in C at the commencement of the 
following quarter, before he is entitled to the password? 
Decided, that as Lodge C has no authority to demand 
from Lodge B payment of the member's dues, and he has 
subscribed to the laws of C, he is amenable thereto, and 
nmst pay his dues therein, the same as any other member, 
before he is entitled to the password. — R. W. G. L., 8th s., 
7, appeal from G. L. of Can. 

31. A member joining a Lodge by card, during the 
quarter for which he is legally in possession of the P. W., 
would not be chargeable with dues, until the commence- 
ment of the next quarter ; but after that lime would be, 
though his dues might have been paid for a longer time 
in the Lodge granting the card. — G. W. C. T. Nichols, 
111., 10th s., 11. 

32. Quarterly dues are always payable in advance at 
the commencement of the quarter. — R. W. G. T. Hastings, 
14th s., 12. 

33. A member is six months in arrears, when he is two 
quarters back, besides the quarter new commencing. — 
Iowa, 7th s., 26. 

34. If a member pays his dues for one quarter in ad- 
vance, at the first regular meeting in February, he will 
only be three months in arrears at the first meeting in 
August of the same year. — Pa., 12th s., 18. 

35. No action of the Lodge is required to suspend mem- 
bers for non-payment of dues ; they are suspended by the 
operation of our laws ; it being the duty of the F. S. to 
announce the names of members in arrears, the W. C. T. 
to declare that thev are suspended, and a record of the 
fact made by the Sec— Wis., 16th s., 46 ; G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 1870. 



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36. If a member is suspended for non-payment of dues, 
do any dues accrue to him during such suspension? In 
other words, A is suspended for non-payment of dues, and 
after having been suspended for a year, desires to become 
again an active member, does he have to pay one year's 
dues in addition to the balance standing against him at 
date of his suspension ? 

A. Dues cease with suspension, unless the suspension be 
as punishment for violation of Article 11. — Cal., 6th s., 35 ; 
Conn., 9th s., 17. 

37. Any Subordinate Lodge using the Uniform Consti- 
tution, can make a By-Law subject to the approval of the 
G. W. C. T. or G. L., to define whether dues of members 
suspended for non-payment shall cease with suspension, 
or whether a member desiring to be re-instated shall pay 
all dues that would accrue up to time of re-instatement. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. 

38. If a member has left the place permanently without 
withdrawing from the Order, the Lodge can suspend such 
member for non-payment of dues, at any time, without 
waiting the time required in the Constitution. — Iowa, 8th 
8., 8. 

39. Can a Lodge expel, after due suspension, for non- 
payment of due^ ? If so, when ? 

Ans. A Lodge can have a By-Law authorizing the ex- 
pulsion of any suspended member after one year, but 
notice must be given such member of his arrears before 
expulsion. I do not say you have not the power to make, 
a By-Law for a shorter period, but that is the usage in 
America. I consider it is unwise to expel at the close of 
the second quarter for unpaid dues. Eetaining the names 
of members on the roll stimulates our membership to col- 
lect their dues. We do not allow our Lodges to suspend 
members under six months, or expel under a year. We 
require our Subordinate Lodges to pay tax to Grand Lodge 
on every member who is not suspended bona fide from his 
Lodge, and as they cannot suspend before the end of the 



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second quarter, if they had not received the dues they 
would have to pay Per Capita Tax on members who have 
paid nothing to the Subordinate Lodge funds. The result 
of that law is, that to avoid paying Tax on members 
who have paid nothing to their funds, they appoint parties 
to go to the members, and solicit them to pay their dues, 
and, in nine cases out of ten, we find they do. — P. R. W. 
G. T. Chase, G. L. Scotland, 222. 

40. It requires no motion to fine an officer in a Subor- 
dinate Lodge for non-attendance, he not giving a lawful 
excuse. — Ind., 17th s., 33. 

41. An officer absent from a special meeting, if notified 
of such meeting, is finable. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th 
8., 44. 

42. If a member refuse to pay a fine imposed upon him 
for disobeying a By-Law, what course should be pursued 
with him? 

A, The fine may be charged to him on the books of the 
F. S., and it then becomes a due, for non-payment of 
which the password may be withheld. Or he may be 
tried for contempt in not paying the fine immediately, 
and suspended or expelled as the case may require. — G. 
W. C. T. White, Vt., 5th s., 7. 

43. In making quarterly returns to Grand Lodge, the 
S. should report and return dues for all members of his 
Lodge who have not been suspended, though they may 
be in arrears. — Iowa, 8th s., 8. Pa., 12th s., 34. 

Members are regarded by the G. L. as in good 
standing, until by legal process they appear as sus- 
pended members. 

44. And Lodges should pay dues to the Grand Lodge 
on all who are members at the time of making their re- 
turns, without reference to the time of their admission. — 
Ibid. 

45. Where certain members are suspended for non-pay- 
ment of dues at last meeting of the quarter, a committee 



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appointed to see tliem, and at the first meeting of next 
quarter it is reported that two of them had paid all 
arrearages of dues, the members having so paid should be 
returned as in good standing to G. Lodo:e. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 18th s., 45. 

46. Lodges organized prior to last half of quarter, shall 
pay full per capita, but when organized in last half of 
quarter, one-half of said assessment. — 111., 1856. 

47. There is no G. L. tax for initiation or conferring 
of Degrees to charter members, that join at time of the 
institution of the Lodge.— R. W. G. L., 8th s., 6. 

48. The per capita tax may be paid from the Treasury, 
or may be assessed directly upon the members, at the 
option of the Lodge. — Conn., 2d s., 24. 

49. A Subordinate Lodge cannot withhold from the 
Grand Lodge the per. capita assessment on members ex- 
pelled after the close of the quarter, but before the instal- 
lation of officers. The quarter closes on the night of 
election (last meeting in the quarter), and all transactions 
after that time are in the new quarter. — Temp. Of!'., vol. 
2, No. 18. 

50. A Subordinate Lodge has no legal right to levy a 
tax upon its members in addition to that of quarterly 
dues.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 57. 

As the Subordinate Lodge derives its existence 
and Constitution from the Grand Lodge, and where 
the Un. Code is used, such Lodges received their 
organic law from the R. W. G. L., the right of tax- 
ation must be conferred by express letter in the 
organic law. 

In our Uniform Constitution the only expressed 
mode of raising money, is by initiation fees and 
dues, and by implication, as a result of punishment, 
fine. Of course any Lodge can raise money by 
voluntary subscription. 



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Again, prudential reasons require such a con- 
struction of the right of taxation. Among so many 
Subordinate Lodges, with such varied tastes, with 
the right of taxation unlimited, every imaginable 
enterprise, many of questionable propriety, both 
promotive and destructive of the interests of tem- 
perance, would be entered into. The above decision 
has been found necessary in my administration. In 
my experience we have had Lodges seek to tax 
members to defray the expense of a so called " snap 
and catch ^em party, and another of a Platform 
Dance in the open air. This shows that were the 
door of taxation once opened, while it might some- 
times be a convenience and prove of value, it could 
not be closed upon the many plans and schemes that 
would be devised, destructive of the best interests 
of our order. 

51. It is not a misdemeanor for any member of a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge to refuse to pay a tax levied by the Lodge, 
as no tax can lawfully be thus levied. — G. W. C. T. Tower, 
Conn., 3d s., 11. 

52. No Lodge has a right to refuse to forward its 
quarterly per ca'piia tax to the Grand Lodge, and having 
paid over such tax into the hands of its L. D., it has no 
further control over it, and it is the duty of the L. D. to 
forward it at once to the G. Secretary, whatever may be 
the action of the Lodge. — Ibid. 

53. It is lawful to appropriate funds of a Subordinate 
Lodge to purchase premium for procuring subscribers for 
a temperance paper. — Wis., 11th s., 22. 

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194 FINANCIAL SECRETARY. | 

Financial Secretary. | 

1. The F. S. should pay over money coming into his pos-l 
session, taking a receipt therefor, to whomever the W. C. 
T. appoints to fill the office pro tern, in the absence of the 
Treasurer. This course relieves the F. S. from responsi- 
bility in the matter. — Tiie Messenger, C. W., 1867. 

2. The F. S. ought to furnish a list of delinquents for 
dues at the end of each term, showing the amount of their 
indebtedness, when they should be notified to pay up, — 
which, failing to do, then they can be dealt with according 
to law. — Ibid. 

3. Whereas, A large number of desertions from our 
Order is found to proceed from suspensions and expulsions, 
caused by non-payment of dues, and it seems the part of 
wisdom that this body recommend some definite plan of 
action as a remedy for the evil ; therefore, 

Resolved^ That this R. W. Grand Lodge recommend to 
all Subordinate Lodges the election of such persons to the 
office of F. S. as shall be fully competent to perform the 
duties of that office ; and, if necessary, that compensation 
be allowed sufficient to insure efforts for the collection of 
these dues, with as much fidelity to the interests of the 
Lodge as the faithful business man bestows on his own 
personal interests. — R. W. G. L., 11th s., 67. 

4. In addition to the above resolution, each Grand 
Lodge is instructed to provide, by direct legislation, that 
F. S. in Subordinate Lodges be required to present the 
accounts of members in arrears for collection regularly 
each quarter, before another quarter's dues shall have ac- 
crued. — Ibid. 

5. All moneys due the Lodge, from whatever source, 
should be paid to the F. S. The rule requiring the F. S. 
to "announce the receipts of the evening," demands that 
the amount of these receipts shall be entered on the Lodge 
records. At the close of the quarter the aggregate of these 
receipts should agree with the amounts reported by the 
F. S. and Treasurer.— R. W. G. T. Orne, 14th s., 9. 



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6. When a collection is taken up by a vote in the Lodge 
room for the purpose of defraying some incidental ex- 
penses connected with the Lodge room, it is necessary for 
such funds to pass through the hands of the F. S. before 
they can be used for the object desired. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 19th e., 58. 

7. Where it is alleged by one in arrears for dues that 
more payments have been made than appear upon the 
books of the F. S., evidence of any reliable character may 
be received in proof of such payment, and if satisfactory 
to the Lodge, it may by vote order the member credited on 
the F. S. books with the amount so proven to have been 
paid.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. 

8. Moneys paid to the F. S. of a Subordinate Lodge for 
degrees should not be handed over to the Treasurer until 
the ballot has been had in Degree meeting. — Cal., 7th s., 
30. 

9. The F. S. should keep the roll of officers.— G. W. C. 
T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 16. 

10. Q. Is there any provision made requiring officers to 
report e., F. S. 

A, The Constitution requires officers to report. The 
F. S. must report, and if he does not, the Lodge may pun- 
ish in any way it deems advisable. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 18th s., 43. 

11. The F. S. in calling roll of officers has no right to 
omit the appointed officers. — Id., 44. 

12. The Treasurer cannot be on the Finance Commit- 
tee. — Id., 45. 

13. Under Sec. 5 of Art. V. of By-Laws of Subordinate 
Lodges, it is the duty of the new F. S. to notify members 
in arrears one full term. — Id., 46. 

14. The old Finance Committee audits the F. S. and 
Treasurer's reports, if the audit is completed before the 
new committee is appointed : otherwise the new. — Id., 19th 
8., 59. 



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Gavel. 

1. The raps of the Gavel for controlling the movements 
of members are the same in all the degrees. — E. W. G. 
L., 13th s., 87. 

2. It is the practice in most Lodges for the W. C. T. to 
Bound the Gavel as he passes from one order of business 
to another ; but there is no law that would compel him to 
do so. — Iowa, 14th s., 7. 

3. The Gavel sounds but once in seating a Lodge. — 
Ibid. 

4. It would be a violation of obligation, and highly im- 
proper, for a member to use outside of the Lodge, the 
Gavel and the significance of the raps." — G. W. C. T. 
Russell, Mich., 13th s., 20. 

5. The raps used to call up and seat our Lodges cannot 
be used at a public Good Templars' meeting. — R. W. G. 
L., 18th s., 1055. 



Grand Lodges. 

1. All sessions of Grand Lodges shall open and close 
with prayer. — R. W. G. L. By-Laws, Art. 17. 

2. The Constitution of a Grand Lodge must at once, 
upon its adoption, be forwarded to the R. W. Grand Lodge 
for its approval, and unless it receive such approval (or if 
during the recess the approval of the R. W. G. T.), such 
Constitution is not law.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 6th s., 10. 

3. But a Grand Lodge has the right to exercise its full 
powers as a Grand Lodge immediately upon the comple- 
tion of its organization, and before its Constitution and 
By-Laws have been submitted to the R. W. G. L. for ap- 
proval.— R. W. G. T. Hastings, 13th s., 9. 

4. According to Art. V., Sec. 5, of Subordinate Lodge 
Constitution, it is incompetent for a Grand or Subordinate 
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months.— K. W. G. T. Chase, 6th s., 10. K. W. G. T. 

Knssell, 18th s., 983. 

5. The fact that a Grand Lodge officer changes his 
inembersliip from one Subordinate Lodge to another, 
within the same jurisdiction, does not affect his position 
as such Grand Lodge officer; nor would it be affected 
should his Subordinate Lodge surrender its charter or 
have its charter taken aw^y, provided he took the proper 
steps to connect himself immediately with some other 
Lodge. — Ibid. 

6. But he cannot remove beyond the jurisdiction of his 
Grand Lodge and retain his office. — K. W. G. L., 14th s., 
90. 

7. A member of a Grand Lodge in one State removing 
to another, and retaining his connection with the Order, 
has the right to visit the Grand Lodge of the State to 
which he removes, provided he can work his way in, or 
can prove himself qualified to remain, by having in his 
possession the proper pass-words, etc., if in the room before 
the Lodge opens ; but he has no rights as a member un- 
less representing a Lodge within the jurisdiction of the 
Grand Lodge.— R. W. G. T. Hastings, 14th s., 12. 

8. Brother A was regularly admitted to the Grand 
Lodge of A, and during such membership served as an 
officer of said Grand Lodge and as its representative in 
the R. W. Grand Lodge ; subsequently he removed to the 
State of B, and took a clearance card from the Lodge to 
which he belonged, and was admitted on said card to 
membership in a Subordinate Lodge near his new resi- 
dence: does he thereby lose his membership in the Grand 
Lodge where he formerly had office ? and if so, what forms 
are necessary to secure his membership in the Grand 
Lodge having jurisdiction over the Lodge he has joined 
by card, and the retention of such honors as he may have 
acquired in the Grand Lodge to which he formerly be- 
longed ? 

He loses his membership in the Grand Lodge in which 
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of the cape herein considered, and others of a similar 
character that are likely to follow in our practice, the fol- 
lowing is added as supplementary to the decision of R. W. 
G. T. Hastings (ante, Sec. 7). 

If, however, he shall present a certificate signed by the 
G. W. C. T. and G. W. S. of the Grand T.odge from which 
he has removed, certifying to his standing in said Grand 
Lodge at the time of his removal, and also a certificate 
signed by the W. C. T. and W. S. of the Subordinate 
Lodge in which he has secured membership by card, cer- 
tifying to that fact, such papers shall be entertained as 
propositions or credentials for membership ; and if such 
proposition be accepted by a majority vote of such Grand 
Lodge, he shall be declared a member thereof, and shall 
be authorized to exercise the right and privilege of a Past 
Representative in such Grand Lodge to which he formerly 
belonged.— R. W. G. T. Orne, 815. 

9. Ordinarily the Grand Lodge oflacers have no authori- 
ty to call the Grand Lodge together at its annual session 
at a place different from the one fixed by the Lodge itself, 
although I can conceive of circumstances where they 
would be justified in doing so. They must be judges of 
the facts in the case, but the change should not be made 
unless the circumstances are such as to make the necessity 
clear and apparent to all. — R. W. G. T. Hastings, 12th s., 
10. 

10. Under Art. XL, Sec. 1, Grand Lodge Constitution, 
the officers having power to call a special session of the 
Grand Lodge have also power to determine when and where 
mch special session shall be held. — G. W. C, T. Chase, 
17th s., 54. 

11. Under the same section, giving ten members, repre- 
senting at least seven Lodges, the power to call a special 
session, the officers cannot use their discretion, but must 
call the session ; and in such case, if the application of 
such members name the time and pZace, such special session 
must be called at such time and place^ provided the time is 
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otherwise the G. W. C. T. could extend the time so as to 
leave sufficient margin for notice. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 1871. 

If this section was differently construed^ the G. 
W. C. T. and G. S. might thwart the very purpose 
for which the session was called. For instance, 
members might eall the session for the purpose of 
compelling the G. W. 0. T. to desist from some 
course of action which they deemed destructive of 
the best interests of the Order, and the G. W. C. T. 
fix the day beyond the time when his plans would 
culminate, or name a place where he could gather 
about him influences that would resist all efforts for 
a fair and full investigation. 

12. *' If a ppecial session of Grand Lodge is called, are 
Subordinate Lodges which have been instituted since the 
regular session, entitled to send representatives to it 

A. They are ; and at least ten days' notice should be 
given them, that they may elect representatives, and pre- 
pare for the session.— K. W. G. T. Eussel, 18th s., 983. 

13. It is not allowable for a Grand Lodge to adopt a 
resolution to meet biennially, inasmuch as Article 2 of 
Grand Lodge Constitution enjoins an annual session. — R. 
W. G. T. Russel, 18th s., 983. 

14. Suppose a Grand Lodge holds a session in the after- 
noon, and a resolution is offered as follows : 

Resolved, That A. B., District Deputy, did in violation of 
all the laws of our Order take the Charter of Lodge No. 11. 

Resolved, That the G. L. advise the G. W. C. T. to cancel 
the commission of said Deputy. 

A committee appointed ; after investigation report the 
first resolution sustained, and recommend the adoption of 
the second. After debate, the first was adopted by G. L., 
and before the second is disposed of the G. L. adjourns 
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Q. When the G. L. opens in the evening but few of 
the Representatives are present, and while the majority is 
thus absent, and also the mover and seconder of the reso- 
lution, a motion is made to expunge it from the journal, 
notwithstanding the first resolution was adopted. Had 
the G. L. the right to expunge this whole matter from the 
journal without the consent of the mover and seconder, 
and without reconsidering the vote which adopted the 
first resolution? A. The resolution and proceedings 
under it could only be expunged by the unanimous consent 
of the G. L. ; and when the motion is put to expunge, the 
Chair should state distinctly that it requires the unanimous 
cmsent of all the members. It is the business of all Rep- 
resentatives or Delegates to be present during session 
hours, and if absent, such absentees must run the risk of 
having business transacted in which they are interested, 
and which would have been diflferent if they were present. 
It is not the duty of the G. L. to wait for the Delegates to 
come in after the hour of meeting has arrived and a 
quorum is present. Caveat Delegatus, is the maxim in de- 
liberative bodies.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa. 16th s., 22. 

15. Any Grand Lodge failing, for two years, to make 
returns as prescribed by the Constitution of the R. W. G. 
Lodge, shall be deemed and declared an extinct Grand 
Lodge.— R. W. G. L. 8th s., 21. 

16. Sec. 2, Art. 3, of Grand Lodge Constitution provides 
that the regular election of officers shall be on the second 
day of the session. At the last annual session of the 
Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia the Grand 
Lodge Officers were elected on the first day ; was such elec- 
tion valid ? 

Yes. The Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia 
has two cities, and less than ten Subordinate Lodges 
within its jurisdiction, and these Lodges are all located in 
the City of Washington. The business of the body does not 
often require even one day for its transaction, and in such 
case it is held that there is no violation of the spirit of the 



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law, if the business of the body should all be transacted 
in the same day— R. W. G. T. Orne, 817. 

17. Where appropriations of money have been made, 
paid, and afterward sustained by a G. Lodge, the K. W. 
&. Lodge will not interfere on appeal. — R. W. G. L., 18th 
6., 1048. 

18. A Grand Lodge is the only judge of the qualitica- 
tion of its own members. — Ibid. 

19. "Are past and acting W. C. Ts., W. V. Ts. and 

Deputies, who take the G. L. Degree, eligible to offer mo- 
tions and debate in Grand Lodge ; are they entitled to 
vote in Grand Lodge, except when the yeas and nays are 
called, or in the election of officers ?" 

A, Sec. 6, Art. 1, of G. L. Constitution, declares that 
they shall have all the privileges of membership in Grand 
Lodgej except voting. They may, therefore, do whatever 
the regular members may of right do, only they may not 
vote on any question. 

But as Sec. 8, Art. 1, defines the class of members of a 
Grand Lodge who shall be permitted to take part in the 
proceedings and debates of the Grand Lodge, and as the 
R. W. G. Lodge has already decided, on page 956 of its 
Journal, that only members of a Grand Lodge, under 
Sec. 3 of Art. 1, are eligible to hold office in a Grand 
Lodge, it is decided that the members receiving the G. 
L. degree, under Sec. 6, are entitled to all privileges of 
members, except voting, eligibility to office, and taking 
part in the proceedings and debates of the Grand Lodge. 
—R. W. G. L., 18th s., 1046. 

20. Grand Lodges are hereby enjoined to purchase no 
supplies except from the R. W. G. Lodge, through its R. 
W. G. Secretary, and that Subordinate Lodges be required 
to obtain from tlieir respective G. W. Secretaries ot iheir 
Grand Lodges, such supplies as they may need from time 
to time. 

The word "Supplies" shall be construed to mean 



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Charters, Rituals, Degree Books, Odes now in use, Offi* 
cers' Cards, Clearance and Visiting Cards. 

The R. W. G. S. is reqnired to report at each annual 
E»efision of tlie R. W. G. L. those Grand Lodges who re- 
fuse to comply with these requirements. — K. W. G. L., 
8th s., 18. 

21. If any G. L. or its officers shall purchase supplies, 
designated as such by the laws of this body (ante 20), of 
any other person than the R. W. G. S., then that officer, 
with the advice and consent of the R. W. G. T., may with- 
hold the Q. P. W. from such (Jr. L. until our laws are 
faithfully observed. And if a Subordinate Lodge shall 
purchase such supplies from any other source than the G. 
S. of such G. L., it shall be a cause for revoking the 
Charter of such Subordinate Lodge. — R. W. G. L., 852. 

22. When a Grand Officer visits a Subordinate Lodge 
in his official capacity, he is required to announce him- 
self at the inner door, that he maybe officially announced 
by such Lodge ; and failing to do this, he is not entitled 
to any official recognition as a right, other than tiiat which 
courtesy requires should be extended to any visiting mem- 
ber.— P. R. W. G. T. Chase, 1868. 

23. "Can a Grand Lodge, under the Uniform Consti- 
tution, suspend or expel one of its members from the Sub- 
ordinate Lodge?" 

A. No; the power of "expulsion" spoken of in Art. 
3, sec. 4, of Grand Lodge Constitution, relates only to 
membership in the Grand Lodge, and original jurisdic- 
tion over membership in the Order belongs exclusively to 
the Subordinate Lodge.— R. W. G. L., 18th s., 984. 

24. " Is it possible for a Grand Lodge to pass a vote 
which shall in any way affisct a person's relation to the 
Order after he has ceased to be a member by reason of the 
demise of his Lodge; in other words, does not the sur- 
render or forfeiture of charter leave the individual mem- 
bers free to rejoin the Order in the usual form ?" 

A. All who are in good standing in a Subordinate 
Lodge at the time of surrendering its charter are at lib- 



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erty to either rejoin the Order as though they had never 
before been members, or on certificates received from the 
Grand Secretary ; and the only remaining power which a 
Grand Lodge, or its officers, has over such persons is to 
refuse to grant them certificates. — Id. 

25. The action of the R. W. G. Lodge, at its late ses- 
sion, relating to Lodges of our Order among the colored 
population of the Southern States, gives to all Grand 
Lodges now existing, or hereafter to be organized, full 
power over that question within their respective jurisdic- 
tions, even to the discontinuing of Subordinate Lodge 
charters previously granted by this R. W. G. Lodge, pro- 
vided the same be done, for cause, in accordance with the 
Constitution of the R. W. G. Lodge.— R. W. G. L., 19th 
8., 15. 

26. Is it constitutional to try a member of the Grand 
Lodge without a charge having been preferred against 
him? 

Ans. In the Subordinate Lodge Constitution, it is 
pointed out clearly what course shall there be taken on a 
charge being made, but in the G. L. Constitution it is not. 
Any investigation in the Grand Lodge does not affect the 
status of the member in his Subordinate Lodge. He is a 
Good Templar entitled to all the honors he has received 
in Sub. Lodge, and before his status can be affected there, 
you must proceed according to the Constitution. No in- 
vestigation made in the Grand Lodge can affect any 
brother any further than his relation to the Grand Lodge. 
If he be an officer, you can suspend him from performing 
his functions as an officer, and there ends the effect of that 
action. If he be expelled from Subordinate Lodge, that 
aAion expels him from the Grand Lodge. You must try 
him in Subordinate Lodge. The investigation now pro- 
posed is proper upon the report of the Committee thai 
has been made. It is not trying the G. W. S. as a Good 
Templar, it is only investigating his conduct as an officer 
of this Grand Lodge— P. R. W. G. T. Chase, G. L. 
Scotland, 174. 



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Grand Worthy Chief Templars. 

1. The decision of a G. W. C. T. stands as the law of 
his Grand Lodge, unless an appeal be taken, then the 
decision of the G. L. is the rule of action. — R. W. G. L., 
1st s., 301. 

2. The decisions of the D. G. W. C. T. are law, in the 
absence of the G. W. C. T. Questions should first be sub- 
mitted to the former, and if his decisions are not satisfac- 
tory, then the latter.— E. W. G. T. Chase. 

3. The official decisions rendered by a G. W. C. T. 
should all be reported to his Grand Lodge, and they are 
binding within the jurisdiction of his G. L., unless re- 
versed by the G. L., or they conflict with the Constitution, 
with previous decisions given or approved by the G. L., 
or with decisions rendered by the E. W. G. T. or the E. 
W. G. Lodge.— E. W. G. T. Hastings, 14th s., 11. 

4. A G. W. C. T. can make decisions on questions of 
law and usage that will be authoritative within his juris- 
diction, without such decisions coming to him in the way of 
appeal ; but it should always be done with great caution. 
—Ibid. 

0. Has the G. W. C. T. any authority under our Uniform 
Constitution to notice and decide appeals from decisions 
of G. Secretary in regard to matters pertaining purelv to 
the office of G. Secretary? Ans. Yes.— G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

6. A G. W. C. T., as a matter of course, outranks all 
his Deputies, and can, if he is so disposed, perform in 
person any duties that he has authorized others, by gene- 
ral commiwssion, to perform for him. — E. W. G. T. Hast- 
ings, 13th s., 8. 

7. A G. W. C. T. has no right to demand the Chair of 
a Subordinate Lodge, when the Lodge is in good stand- 
ing, and is working properly. — Ibid. 

8. But he or his Deputy may, when said Lodge i» 



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working unconstitutionally. — Can., vol. 8. 8. Good of the 
Order/' chap. xiv. 

9. A G. W. C. T., under Sec. 1 of Art. 4, of the G. L. 
Constitution, has the right to temporarily suspend a W. 
C. T. for disorderly conduct and appoint some competent 
brother or sister to take charge of the Lodge. — Pa., 18th 
8., 39. 

10. The G. W. Counsellor, or any other officer legally 
presiding at a session of a Grand Lodge, while thus pre- 
siding is invested with all the powers that belong to the 
G. W. C. T. as presiding officer, but no further, provided 
the G. W. C. T. is accessible, so that he can perform in 
person the other duties of his position. 

Any question that comes up in the regular order of 
business the presiding officer, whoever he may be, can 
decide, and if not appealed from, his decision is as binding 
as though given by the G. W. C. T. in person. — Ibid. 

11. If a G. W. C. T. on appeal from the action of a 
Subordinate Lodge, restores a brother to membership, the 
action of the G. W. C. T. stands, until reversed by com- 
petent authority. — Ibid., 12. 

12. Is a G. W. Counsellor, or Chaplain, competent, by 
virtue of such office, to organize Lodges, as well as to install 
officers, and confer degrees? Can a G. W. Counsellor be 
commissioned as a District Deputy, under the jurisdiction 
of the G. L. of which he is an officer? 

A, A Grand Lodge has the power to settle both of the 
above questions by a constitutional provision, by By-Law, 
or by resolution ; but in the event no special action has 
been taken upon the subject by the G. L. the whole matter 
of organizing Lodges, installing officers, and conferring 
degrees, is under the control of the G. W. C. T., and he 
can commission as his deputies whoever, in his judgment, 
he sees proper, subject only to such restrictions as the G. 
L. may have made. While none of these powers are 
conferred upon any other officer of the G. L., by virtue 
of his office, the G. W. C. T. can commission the G. W. 



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CounF5el]or, Chaplain, Secretary, or any other officer, an 
his Deputy for a District, or for a Lodge. — K. W. G. T. 
Hastings, 13th s. 

13. The G. W. C. T. is competent to decide whether an 
application for a charter of a second Lodge, in the same 
locality, should be granted, but he would have no authority 
to grant a charter to expelled members, until by the lapse 
of the requisite time they would be authorized again to 
unite with the Order. 

14. It is not allowable for the decisions of the G. W. 
C. T. to be a subject for discussion in a Lodge or District 
Convention, as to their legality or correctness. — Pa., 13th 
P., 42. 

15. The G. W. C. T. alone has power to grant dispen- 
eations for public installations. — 111., 1862. 

16. And they are not proper or legal unless held under 
the special dispensation of that officer. — Ibid., 15th s., 
1860. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1871. 

17. What is the meaning of a Dispensation, as used in 
our Order ? It is a power conferred by law on the G. W. 
C. T., or his Deputy, to suspend for the time being the 
action of some law, rule, or regulation. We know of but 
two instances in which this can be done — to initiate can- 
didates the night they are proposed, and to confer degrees 
in a less time than prescribed by law " when the interests 
of the Order will be promoted thereby." 

We sometimes see notices of dispensations being granted ^ 
for public installation of officers. We are not aware of 
any authority for this. Any one who will refer to the 
proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New York, then act- 
ing as the Supreme Head of the Order, held at Corning, 
December, 1854, will find the question authoritatively 
settled. A resolution was offered allowing Lodges to hold 
public installations when deemed expedient. The resolu- 
tion was fully discussed and adopted, and is still in force. 
— G. T., vol. 8, No. 2. 

The conclusion of this article is erroneous. It is 



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true, such a resolution was passed at Corning, N. Y., 
in 1854, the Grand Lodge of that State then acting 
as the Supreme Head of the Order, but the Grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania, two years afterward, passed 
the resolution already given, giving G. W. C. T/s 
power to grant dispensations for public installations. 
At this session were many who attended at Corn- 
ing, and the danger of allowing Subordinate 
Lodges to hold public installations as often as they 
pleased was fully discussed, and the tenor of che 
Corning resolution deprecated. The R,. W. G. T. is 
not aware of a single Grand Lodge in our Order 
which has acted upon that resolution, if any save 
Pennsylvania knew of its existence ; on the contrary, 
most have adopted a similar course of practice to 
that of Pennsylvania. Hence, as the Corning reso- 
lution was passed before the organization of the R. 
W. G. Lodge, and has not been acted upon so as to 
have custom to give it force and vitality, the R. W. 
G. Templar unhesitatingly pronounces it not law. 

18. The G. W. C. T. cannot grant a dispensation to 
initiate a person that has been expelled before the expi- 
ration of six months.— G. W. C. T. Hawkins, Iowa, 14th 

8., 7. 

19. It is not right for a G. W. C. T. to perform his offi- 
cial duties by proxy ; of course an amanuensis or clerk 
raay be employed if he shall from any cause find such 
assistance necessary, p'o?;ided, that nothing in this decision 
shall be construed to prevent the discharge of any duty 
through a Commissioned Deputy. — R. W. G. L., 19th s., 
15. 

20. By the words " means necessary," etc., in Art. 4, 
Sec. 1, of G. L. Constitution, is intended salary, stationery, 



208 GRAND WORTHY CHIEF TEMPLARS, 



office rent, traveling expenses, and whatever in the judg- 
ment of tlie Grand Lodge is necessary to enable the G. 
W. C. T. to discharge the duties of his office efficiently. — 
R. W. G. T. Russell, 19th s., 15. 

21. Is it right for a G. W. C. T. to revoke any District ' 
or Lodge Deputy's comvnission, and then refuse to give ■ 
Baid Deputy the reason when asked ? 

A, Yes. The G. W. C. T. having full control over the 
appointment of his Deputies may revoke at his pleasure, 
with or without giving reasons therefor. — R. W. G. L., 
19th s., 96. 

22. A G.W. C. T. has the right to issue a commission 
to a second party of the same Lodge, making him Deputy, 
as this action Avould annul the first commission issued.- 
G. W. 0. T. Dillingham, N. H., 35. 

23. The G. W. C. T. can and should sustain his Deputy 
in all decisions which are based upon law and justice.- 
Ibid. 

24. An appeal cannot be taken from the W. C. T. to a 
Subordinate Lodge on any constitutional question. — Wis., 
3d s., 23. 

But should be t^iken to the D. G. W. C. T. 

25. iThe G. W. C. T. should refer back the action of a 
Subordinate Lodge for informality. — Wis., 6th s., 22. 

26. Can a G. W. C. T., at the close of his official term, be 
elected to any other office, or must he of necessity fill the 
chair of P. G. W. C. T. during the ensuing year, unless 
re-elected G. W. C. T. ? 

He can. The elective Grand officers become the Executive 
Committee for the ensuing year, in accordance with a pro- 
vision of the G. L. Constitution, and this decision will 
therefore permit the Grand Lodge to retain the services 
of an experienced member^ in a most important position, 
when perhaps he could not be induced to again accept the 
responsible and exacting duties of Chief Executive Officer. 
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27. Is the brother wlio acted as P. G. W. C, T. by appoinir 
mmt during the first term of the Grand Lodge, to be rec- 
ognized as the senior P. G. W. C. T. ? 

No. The senior P. G. W. C. T. is the member who 
served as G. W. C. T. the first official term. — Ibid. 

28. When the office of G. W. C. T. becomes vacant 
under Art. 4, Sec. 2, of G. L. Constitution (ante 32), the 
G. W. C. assuming the duties becomes G. W. C. T., and 
is entitled to all its honors and privileges. — R. W. G. L., 
786. 

29. If the G. W. C. T. of one year should be re-elected, 
and installed in the same office for another year, or should 
be elected and installed in any other office, by virtue of 
which he holds a seat in Executive Committee, who is the 
Junior P. G. W. C. T. for the year ensuing, or who will 
be entitled to perform the duties of the P. G. W. C. T. in 
the Executive Committee or otherwise during the same 
year — the brother who, during the year just ended, has 
filled the office of G. W. C. T., or the brother who has 
filled the post of Junior P. G. W. C. T.? 

The brother who has filled the post of Junior P. G. W. 
C— R. W. G. T. Orne, 815. 

30. In Mo. the G. W. C. originated an ostensible tem- 
perance order, which allowed the use of wine and cider, 
plagiarized our entire ritual, merely changing the obliga- 
tion, and had one thousand copies printed for use of the 
new Order, called True Templars. Charges were preferred 
aofainst the G. W. C. which were pending before the 
Executive Committee. The G. W. C. T. being obliged to 
leave the State, resigned his office, and designated as his 
successor the G. W. V. T., Sister J. J. Drew. The question 
being asked P. R. W. G. T. Chase whether the Executive 
(/ommittee did right in acknowledging Sister Drew as G. 
W. C. T., he replied thus :— 

It did, irrespective of the merits of the decision. The G. 
W. C. T. is authorized to make decisions and to provide for 
the general prosperity of the Order ; and in the event of 
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the alleged criminality or disqualification of an otherwise 
constitutional successor (he having in contemplation a 
resignation), his decision and acts in reference to such 
successorship are just as binding as those referring to 
other questions. But in this case the G. W. C. T.^s deci- 
sion is correct on its merits, and should be sustained by 
the G. L. In all ordinary cases of violation of the obli- 
gation, which only jlffects the offending member, and 
brings discredit upon the Order without imperiling its 
existence, the accused is presumed to be innocent until 
found guilty, and, if an officer, enjoys his rights and may 
continue to discharge his official duties. But in the case 
at hand the offender is the second officer in the G. L., and, 
as such, an especial custodian of its interests, and strongly 
obligated to cherish and defend the Order. J^^r one oc- 
cupying such a responsible position to set up another 
organization, antagonistic to ours and the cause, and to 
steal our Ritual for that purpose, is not unlike the Vice- 
President of our nation stealing our money and munitions 
of war to set up a municipality hostile to our Government; 
and as treason of this kind would be summarily dealt with 
in our Vice-President, so should it in the G. W. C. of a 
G. L. 



Guards. 

1. The S. being absent at the opening of the Lodge, 
but coming soon after, must he, before entering upon the 
duties of his office, work into the Lodge, thereby proving 
himself in possession of the quarterly pass-word and ex- 
planation, or can he take his place without the knowledge 
of the W. V. T., on being proved in the pass-word and 
explanation ? 

A, He should first enter the Lodge in regular form, 
and then go to his post of duty.— G. W. C. T., Mich., 1866. 

2. But after the opening, and he has once entered regu- 
larly, when duty does not require him in the ante-room, 



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he can enter without any ceremony. — G. W. C. T. Giles, 
Wis., 1866. 

3. The S. can always take a seat inside, near enough to 
the door to hear alarms, after the Lodge is open for busi- 
ness.— Mich., 7th s., 12. Ind., 17th s., 35. 

4. The Guards ought to remain on duty during a tem- 
porary recess of a Subordinate Lodge. — Iowa, 7th s., 32. 
N. H., 1866. 

5. They need not; but after the Lodge is called to order* 
the W. C. T. must direct an examination before proceeding 
to business. — 111., 11th s., 10. 

6. Can a member be admitted to Lodge room during 
recess, or permitted to retire ? 

A. Yes, and if the Guards are not on duty, then the 
W. C. T. must order an examination when Lodge is called 
to order.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 43. 

7. The S. has a right and should demand the P. W. 
from EVERY person entering the Lodge room during recess. 
— G. W. C. T. Potter, N. J., 4th s., 8. 

8. Guards should never leave their posts during Lodge 
hours without permission from W. V. T. 

9. It is very improper and not admissible for Guards 
to admit children six years of age, with their parents. — 
Iowa, 8th 8., 9. 

10. The S. cannot admit members to the ante-room 
without the P. W., unless he have permission from the 
W. C. T. When a member presents himself to the outer 
gate, without the P. W., it is the duty of the S. to present 
ihe fact via the G. to the W. C. T., who will inquire of 
the F. S. if the brother is clear of the books, and if not, 
he could not strictly be permitted to enter ; yet the W. C. 
T. might permit him, for the purpose of informing him 
of the non-payment of his dues, but should not admit 
him afterward, until his dues were paid. The object of 
this rule is to make members prompt in the payment of 
kheir dues. — Micht, 6th s., 14. 



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Honors. 

1. To be out of actual membership in any Lodge more 
than a year is to lose all previous honors. — G. W. C. T. 
Ward, N. Y., 8th s., 12. 

2. A member admitted by card retains all the honors 
held when the card was granted ; but a member initiated 
retains no honors acquired in any previous membership. 
-Id., 11. 

3. Official honors acquired in one Lodge are transferable 
with membership to any other Lodge of the Order. — R. 
W. G. L., 19th s., 1085. 

4. Honors acquired in one Lodge follow one wherever 
he may go, so long as he remains a member of the Order; 
thus, a member having been P. W. C. T. in the State of 
New York, in 1856, is entitled to a seat in the G. L. of 
Wis., in 1858, he still being a member of the Order in 
good standing. — Wis., 2d a. s., 5. Ind., 7th s., 9. 

5. And a member having served in a subordinate oflfice 
in Lodge A, and removing his membership by card to 
Lodge B, is eligible to the office of W. C. T. in Lodge B. 
— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 18. 



Initiation. 

1. A candidate who has been elected at a regular meet- 
ing, can be initiated at a special meeting. — G. W. C. T. 
Clark, Iowa, 9th s., 6. R. W. G. T. Chase. 

P. G. W. C. T. Switzler, of Missouri, has decided 
" that members may be balloted for, elected and 
initiated at a special meeting, on a dispensation from 
the G. W. C. T., or his Deputy, for that purpose 
but no dispensation even is necessary, for unless the 
Constitution provides that initiations must take place 
at a regular meeting, and I have met no such, a 



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Lodge may at any time order a special meeting for 
the purpose of the initiation of candidates. 

2. It is not usual to admit members during the initia- 
tory ceremonies, yet the W. V. T. has the discretion to do 
it at such passages as will not cause interruption. — Pa., 
6th g., 5. 

3. It is not proper for the candidate to kneel while tak- 
ing the obligation of the Subordinate Lodge. — Iowa, 7th 
e., 25. 

4. It is not proper to initiate a candidate who is at the 
time drunk. — Wis., 6th s., 8. 

5. Persons not members of the Order cannot remain in 
the ante-room during initiation. — Cal., 6th s., 23. 

6. It is a violation of the rules and usages of our Order 
to administer the pledge contained in our Ritual publicly. 
—Cal., 6th s., 33. 

7. The obligation of our Order can only be given in 
the Lodge, and in regular course of initiation. Those 
wishing to give their name and influence to the Temper- 
ance cause, can sign the pledge and carry on what is 
called the " Old Temperance Society," and for the accom- 
modation of such persons who consent to join the Order, 
every Lodge should keep a pledge book. The obligation 
of the Order, however, cannot be administered outside of 
the Lodge, though the pledge can ; yet it does not make 
those to whom it is administered members of the Order. — 
Messenger, Can., 1867. 

8. In the organization of a new Lodge, when the insti- 
tuting officers have little or no assistance, or when the 
place and circumstances are not adapted to our ceremo- 
nies, the charter members may be initiated by merely 
asking the preliminary questions and administering the 
obligation ; and such initiates shall be as fully entitled to 
all the privileges of membership as though initiated with 
all our ceremonies. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 54. 



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9i A Cliapliiin having conscientious scmples against 
• ipinji:; forms of praver, may make an extempore iniiiatoiy 
pr.iyer.— R. W. G.'L., 19th s., 100. 

10. A Lodge cannot obligate a candidate, and on next 
meeting finjsh the ceremony. — Can., vol. 23, 74. 

11. At a regular meeting of a Lodge six candidates had 
traveled the circuit of the Lodge, received closing instruc- 
tions from the W. C. T., and the members were in the act 
of forming our circle of unity, when it was announced 
that another candidate was waiting in the ante-room. It 
was proposed to admit him by obligation. I decided it 
unconstitutional. The W. C. T. then arose and appealed 
from the decision, and moved to admit the candidate. 
The motion prevailed ; the candidate was admitted, obli- 
gated, and took his seat as a member, all charges and in- 
structions being omitted. Is that person rightfully a mem- 
ber of our Order, or was the action of the Lodge right? 

A. The action of the Lodge was wrong, and must not 
be repeated. The member, however, is a legal member 
of the Lodge, as he is not to suffer by the wrong-doing of 
the Lodge.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 44. 

12. A person who has once belonged to the Order, and 
who is conversant with the workings thereof, cannot be 
admitted by being obligated and signing the Constitution, 
without going through the whole of the initiatory cere- 
mony. — Cal., 13th s., 64. 

13. If a Lodge, at the initiation of a candidate, so con- 
strues the pledge in the Subordinate Lodge, as to omit any 
words or passages of the same, it works a forfeiture of 
charter. — Ibid., 5th s., 17. 

14. A candidate for initiation answered the second 
question of Ritual thus, " I will not use intoxicating liq- 
uors as long as I am a member of the Order." Was the 
initiation legal? A. No, it was not, and the Lodge was 
more to blame than the candidate for the illegal act. — R. 
VV. G. T. Russell, 19th s., 16. 

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I the Lodge doing so forfeits its charter.— G. W. C. T. Chase, 
I Pa., 1868. 

I 16. No member has a right to correct the W. C. T. in 
the unwritten work of the Order during the initiatory 
ceremony. — Can., vol. 23, 74. 

17. Is it advisable to have intermission just after initia- 
tion? 

A, The Ritual seems to contemplate something of the 
kind where it says *' congratulation," and it gives i^iem- 
bers an opportunity of becoming acquainted with each 
other. — Iowa, 8th s., 37. 

18. No officer under charge for violation can officiate at 
initiations while the charges are pending. — O., 14th s., 29. 

19. A resolution was passed by a certain Lodge, that 
initiations would be dispensed with every alternate Lodge 
night, until repealed. On an evening in which, by this 
resolution, there should have been no initiations, the 
Lodge proceeded to initiate a candidate. 

Decided, that the Lodge erred in passing the resolution, 
as it was unconstitutional, but if the candidate was legally 
proposed and properly initiated, he is a legal member of 
the Lodge. — Iowa, 9th s., 24. 

20. A Subordinate Lodge has no power to order that 
the initiation ceremony shall take place only once a month, 
or at stated times at longer intervals than of one week, 
but shguld open this order of business at each meeting. — 
Pa., 13th 8., 33. Iowa, 13th s., 24. 

21. Nor have a by-law to have the initiation only once 
a month.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 44. 

22. Lawfully elected candidates are entitled to initia- 
tion at any regular meeting of the Lodge, and should be 
initiated if they apply. — Conn., 3d s., 11. 

G. W. C. T. White, of Vt. (5th s., 7), has de- 
cided that Lodges may pass resolutions doing awaj 
with initiations on alternate evenings. Great Bend 
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a resolution, and still saves the principle of the 
above decisions in Pa., Iowa, and Conn. It has a 
resolution substantially this : " That each alternate 
meeting shall be initiation meeting/^ the effect of 
which is that candidates very seldom appear at any 
other time ; but when they do, they are initiated. 

23. A candidate raay be proposed ; Committee of 
Investigation appointed; the Committee report; report 
received; the candidate is elected and initiated, the same 
evening a proposition is handed in. — Iowa, vol. 2, 11, 
19th s., 33. 

But this can only be done in accordance to the 
Constitution in rare cases, when the Order would 
lose by waiting the usual time, and when the cha- 
racter of the applicant is beyond all question irre- 
proachable, upon a dispensation of the G. W. C. T. 
or his Deputy, upon the request of two-thirds of the 
members of the Lodge present. Or in the absence 
of the Gr. W. C. T. and Deputy, by unanimous con- 
sent of the Lodge. 

Whether this is a constitutional provision in Iowa 
or not, we are not aware, but in all cases of initiation 
on the same evening, at least two-thirds of the. mem- 
bers present should request a dispensation for that 
purpose ) and this is required by the Uniform Con- 
stitution, now law in a large majority of Gr. Lodges. 

24. And it is always necessary to take a vote of the 
Lodge.— Mich., 9th s., 8. 

25. But if initiated without a dispensation, he is a legal 
member, as the Lodge is liable for its own blunders. — 
Iowa, 14th s., 29. 

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a member in good standing, or what must be done in the 
premises ? 

A, He is a member in good standing, and he is not to 
Buffer for the mistakes or illegal action of the Lodge. — G. 
T., vol. 5, 155. 

27. If, however, he was 'privy to this illegal action of the 
Lodge, he is liable to charge for violation of obligation. — 
R. W. G. L., 18th s., 1049. 

28. The initiation of a candidate elect can be stopped 
by a majority vote of the Lodge npon no better ground 
than that they do not think him fit, as it does not neces- 
sarily follow that because a candidate is elected he must 
be initiated ; but such arrest of his initiation must 
however be followed by investigation as soon as prac- 
ticable, and if no valid reasons are developed for a 
suspension of such initiation, it must proceed. — G. W. C. 
T.Chase, Pa., 16th s., 2L 

29. Where a minority make objection to a candidate 
elect being initiated, and fail to carry a reconsideration of 
the ballot, the W. C. T. is not bound to delay such initia- 
tion ; and such minority have no recourse, wiien a majority 
vote cannot be obtained, except to appeal to higher au- 
thority, when the proceedings have been irregular or 
unconstitutional. — Id. 

30. If a member violates his pledge, is expelled, has 
the D. G. W. C. T. any right to grant a dispensation to 
initiate said m-ember in less than six months, if it is the 
unanimous wish of the Lodge? In case of an initiation 
under such circumstances, is the initiation valid? 

A. Neither the D. G. W. C. T., the G. W.aT.,nor 
Grand Lodge,, have power to suspend or nullify a plain 
provision of the Constitution. The action was, therefore, 
illegal^ but the illegal action of the Lodge does not violate 
the initiation. The Lodge is supposed to act according 
to law ; if it acts otherwise, it is responsible to the Grand 
Lodge.. An innoeent candidate is not to suffer for the 
improper action of the Lodge. — G. T., vol. 6, 56. 



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31. A G. W. C. T. has no right to grant a dispensation 
for the initiation of a rejected candidate when such rejec- 
tion is clearly from malice, and the rest of the membership 
of the Lodge unite in requesting such dispensation. — R. 
W. G. T: Orne, 15th s., 8. 

32. A Lodge cannot initiate without charging the usual 
fee, but may by vote remit the amount so paid. — 111., 7th 
B., 32. 

33. Nor until the fee is paid. — Iowa, 11th s., 40. 

34. A young man was initiated into a Lodge witliont 
paying his initiation fee, has not paid it since, and is now 
tending bar in a hotel where liquor is sold. Is he a 
member of the Lodge ? A. Having been initiated, he is 
a member until he is tried and expelled. But the W. C. T. 
is guilty of a violation of his official obligation in initiating 
him without pavment of fee.— G. W. C. T. De Wolf, O., 
15th s., 58. 

35. If a brother of the Order, who proves himself a 
Good Templar, by the grip, word and token of a Good 
Templar, and has not broken his pledge, and has come 
from Canada to this State, and asks to come into the Order, 
and has been away from the Order three years, must he 
be initiated into the Order again, or can he come in as an 
Ancient Good Templar, he having no card? 

A, Without evidence from the G. W. S. of the Grand 
Lodge of Canada, showing him to be in good standing 
when he left, or other equivalent evidence, he must be 
initiated. — Mich., 6th s., 15. 

He must furnish the best evidence in his power, 
and satisfactory to the Lodge, that he was a member 
in good standing of such Lodge, when it ceased to 
exist. 

36. It is not right to initiate persons living nearer 
another Lodge, without permission of such Lodge having 
been first obtained, except in a city or village having more 
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37. If a person goes to a neighborhood where a Lodge 
is located, to remain a short time only, such Lodge can 
receive and initiate him, and if so, the person so initiated 
should procure from the Lodge into which he is initiated, 
a card, before he can join the Lodge in his own neigh- 
borhood, when he returns to it. — Iowa, 7th s., 32. 

38. A brother who opposes the initiation of a candidate 
cannot appeal to the Grand Lodge, except in case the 
election or initiation has been illegally conducted, as this 
is a matter over which the Subordinate Lodge has absolute 
control. — Wis., 6th s., 40. 

39. After a person applying for admission has been 
rejected, and such person with others in a neighboring 
place, petitions for a charter for a new Lodge, the Deputy 
organizing such Lodge should initiate him, the other 
charter members consenting thereto. — Ind., 5th s., 34. 

40. Has Lodge No. 50 any right to initiate persons 
who were five years ago initiated into Lodge No. 1, and 
have not attended Lodge No. 1, except the first year, since 
that time, nor paid any dues, or considered themselves 
members of the Order, but were suspended according to 
the Constitution? Now, which Lodge do such persona 
belong to. No. 1 or No. 50 ? 

A. They are under the jurisdiction of No. 1, and No. 
50 has no right to initiate them, until they procure a 
clearance card from No. 1. — K. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 15. 

41. Suppose Lodge No. 1 expel a member, and fail to 
give notice to No. 50, as required, and that person is pro- 
{M»sed and initiated into Lodge No. 50, within three months^ 
is he a member of the Order ? 

A. Yes ; but is liable to be dealt with at once, and sub- 
ject to the same penalty as for any violation of his obli- 
gation. Lodges having received members under such 
circumstances, should at once deal with them. — Ibid. 

42. Has the G. W. C. T. the right to initiate any persons 
at their residence ? If so, would they be members of the 



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Lodge organized in their town or village, without some 
action of said Lodge, and what action should be taken ? 

A, The G. W. C. T. can claim no right to initiate, 
except at the institution of new Lodges. An initiation 
at a private residence will not invalidate the initiation, if 
all the other constitutional provisions have been complied 
with— Minn., 6th s., 26. 

43. Suppose a member belonging to Lodge A is initiated 
into Lodge B, which Lodge was not cognizant that he was, 
at the time of such initiation, a member of the Order — 
having intimated himself that he was not — but it after- 
ward appears that he is, and two quarters in arrears in 
Lodge A, although he stated that he had ordered his 
name to be erased from the books of such Lodge. 

Decided : that the initiation of such person into Lodge 
B, was null and void, as no person can be a member of 
two Lodges, in our Order, at the same time, and that 
Lodge A can take such action to punish the offender as 
is deemed bcvst, he being liable to the same punishment 
as for any violation of his obligation. — R. W. G. T. Chase, 
7th s., 14. Pa., 16th s., 19. 

44. A brother withdrew from Lodge A and made ap- 
plication for membership in Lodge B as an Ancient Good 
Templar, and was so received by Lodge B ; did Lodge B 
do right ? 

A. Lodge B was in error in so admitting him. — Iowa, 
11th s., 40. 

45. A Lodge cannot initiate a candidate under 12 years 
of age. — Ibid. 

46. A person who has become a member under an as- 
sumed name, cannot be dealt with therefor, when it was 
known that such name was assumed at the time of initia- 
tion ; but the Lodge should be dealt with. — N. H., 66. 

47. Suppose a candidate is initiated just after a Lodge 
has been formed (before the Constitution is written in the 
roll book), and he neglects afterward to sign it. but in a 



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few weeks resigns his membership. The W. C. T. directs 
his name stricken from the roll, which proves not to be 
there. Now, is he not a member as much as if his name 
had been on the roll book ? 

A. He is, and his withdrawal takes effect from the time 
the W. C. T. directs his name stricken off*. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 16th s., 17. 



Installation of Officers. 

1. The installation of officers comes under the head of 
new business. — Iowa, 7th s., 24. 

2. An elective officer is not entitled to enter upon the 
duties of his office until he has been installed and inducted 
into it. — Iowa, 2d s., 11. 

3. Q, Can the officers of a Lodge be installed at anjr 
other time than at the first regular meeting in the quarter 
for which they are elected ? 

A. They can. — Iowa, 7th s., 31. 

4. An officer elect absent at installation, an eleclion 
should at once take place to fill such vacancy, that the 
officers may all be installed at once. Installation by 
proxy is not permitted. — E. W. G. L., 19th s., 98 ; Wis., 
5th 8., 43; 111., 13th s., 15; Mich., 13th s., 11; Id., 8th s., 
11; Ky., 6th s., 39. 

5. If the W. C. T. elect is absent at the time of Instal- 
lation, the Lodge must either postpone the Installation, or 
till the office by election. 

A Lodge cannot install the officers without the W. 
C.T.— G. W. C. T. Nichols, 111., 18th s., 8; Mich., 8th 
8., 17. 

Iowa has decided (10th s., 7) that if elective 
officers are not all present on the regular night for 
installation, those absent can be legally installed at 
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be selected from among members that are absent, in 
direct conflict with the decision above given. The 
Iowa decision, in our opinion, is incorrect, for a two- 
fold reason : — 

1st. Our Ritual Ceremony contemplates that all 
the officers shall be installed at the same time, and 
that the appointed officers shall all take their places 
as soon as appointed, when the Deputy pronounces 
the Lodge regularly organized, and all parts of the 
government complete. 

2d. It is a very bad precedent that members can 
be chosen and come in any time during the term, to 
assume the duties of their office ; such doctrine, gen- 
erally established, would result in this, that not one 
Lodge in ten would have all its offices filled at the 
Installation. This would cause constant confusion 
in the workings of the Lodge, delay in returns to 
Grand Lodge, and procrastination and lukewarmness 
on the part of the officers. An elective officer ne- 
cessarily absent at time of installation, or some mem- 
ber desirable to fill an appointed office, would do 
better to waive his privilege in favor of a less com- 
petent member, and save intact this wholesome rule, 
so generaMy observed in our Lodges. Of course, 
when a considerable number of officers elect are un- 
avoidably absent, prudential reasons should induce 
the Lodge to postpone the installation, or there 
might be sufficient reason in the absence of one to 
warrant it ; but if it is thought best to go into the 
installation, all vacancies should be supplied by a 
new election. 

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appointed to fill a vacancy, any time during the term. — 
Mich., 8th s., 10 ; G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 17. 

7. An officer elected to fill a vacancy can be installed 
the same evening he is elected. — Conn., 6th s., 46. 

8. An officer cannot administer an obligation to him- 
self.— Ibid., 17th s. 

9. Functional powers, as connected with the honors of 
past office, do not inure in our Order, except where the 
laws so specify ; hence it is not competent for Past G. 
Lodge or Past K». W. G. Lodge officers, ez-officiOj to install 
the officers of the Subordinate Lodges to which they be- 
long.— E. W. G. T.'Eussell, 18th s., 983 ; Kas., 12th s., 
13. 

10. When the Deputy of a Lodge is elected to fill any 
office in a Subordinate Lodge, the proper officer to install 
liim is a W. C. T., P. W. C. T., or another Deputv.— Cal., 
7th 8., 3 ). 

11. A P. W. C. T. has no authority to install officers. 
—111., 8th s., 50. 

Except to install a Deputy chosen to some office, 
* when there is no other Deputy present, which usage 
sanctions. 

12. Is a Lodge Deputy compelled to install a Chaplain 
elect, who is not a member of any Christian church, or 
makes no profession of a saving faith in Christ? A. If 
a Chaplain elect of a Lodge is a member in good stand- 
ing, and has been duly elected, the L. D. should install 
him.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 21. 

13. A member who was filling the office of A. S. was 
elected to the office of W. V. T. ; she tendered her resig- 
nation of the office of A. S., but the Lodge refused to ac- 
cept her resignation. The W. C. T. claimed it to be his 
duty to install her in the office of W. V. T. Was he cor- 
rect? 

A, He was. The election of the sister as W. V. T. was 



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equivalent to an acceptance of her resignation as A, S. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 46. 

14. The old officers always hold over until their suc- 
cessors are chosen and installed. — Iowa, 10th s., 7. 

15. A person re-elected to an office should always be 
re-installed.— R. W. G. T. Hastings, 10th s., 8. 

16. An officer elect cannot be installed until his dues 
are paid.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1868; N. Y. 4Ui 
8., 15. 

17. G. W. C. T.'s may grant permission to Subordinate 
Lodges, to hold public meetings for the installation of 
Officers; but it is advisable to always have an address 
upon the subject of Temperance delivered upon the oc- 
casion ; and no visitors should be admitted until the 
Lodge is regularlv opened, and should retire before it is 
closed.— Pa., 13th s., 50. 

Althougb public installations have been practiced 
to some extent, from a close* observation of their 
workings in the author's own State, he cannot rec- 
ommend them. Too many public temperance meet- 
ings cannot be held, but let the Lodge room be ac- 
cessible only to the Good Templars. It has been 
the practice of many Lodges to hold the public 
meetings in their Lodge room, once in two or four 
weeks, when a paper, essay and other attractive ex- 
ercises grace the occasion. The result has invari- 
ably been, so far as the author's observation has 
extended, to crowd all the interest into the public 
meetings, and as any one could attend those without 
incurring the expense of membership in the Lodge, 
none cared to join, and many already belonging al- 
lowed themselves to be suspended for non-payment 
of dues. Thus have waned and died many of oui 



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best Lodges. Where good has resulted from them, 
let them be held, but, in the author's opinion, our 
public meetings should be held free, and disconnected 
from the regular meetings of our Order. 

18. The installation of officers comes under the head of 
new business. — Iowa, 7th s., 24. 



Journal. 

1. The S. is required to record motions that do not pre- 
vail, when a vote is taken. — Minn., 6th s., 28. 

2. The W. C. T. has the right to say the minutes will 
be corrected as suggested, if no objection be made; and 
if no one objects, to order the correction made. — Wis., 
6th s., 35. 

3. A Subordinate Lodge cannot expunge a portion of 
its records. — III., 103. 

4. The minutes of a Lodge cannot be erased or amended 
after being approved by the Lodge, but the subject matter 
may be changed by motion or resolution, and entered upon 
the minutes of the meeting making such amendment. — 
G. W. C. T. Downing, Cal., 4th s., 12. 

5. The minutes should be made to correspond with the 
facts by a vote of the Lodge, if a difference of opinion 
exists as to their correctness. — Mich., 10th s., 17. 

6. Where members are nominated for any office and 
decline, the secretary's minutes should show both the 
nomination and declination. — Mich., 14th s., 40. 

7. The S. of a Lodge omits in his minutes a resolution 
or a vote of the Lodge. At the next meeting, the minutes 
are read and approved, and the omission is not noticed. 
Is the action of the Lodge still in force, or does the neglect 
of the Lodge to correct the minutes work a repeal of the 
action ? 

A, The action of the Lodge is not repealed by such 
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neglect. If the vote of the Lodge is right and proper, it 
is in force until rescinded by a formal vote, or annulled 
by a higher judicatory. The record is only preserved evi- 
dence of the fact that such action has been had. A motion 
to correct the minutes, where there was an omission, would 
be in order at a subsequent meeting. Suppose that several 
candidates were initiated, and the S. was to omit one name, 
or that several persons who were one year in arrears, should 
be expelled, and a name not recorded, would the omission 
make the action of the Lodge void ? Most certainly not,— 



1. A sister on being elected Marshal, has no right to 
place a brother in the chair to act as M., she acting as D. 
M., he not having taken the Degrees. — Cal., 8th s., 43. 

In Cal. the elective officers must have the De- 
grees, — M. being elective. 

2. The M. and D. M. must report to the W. C. T. after 
testing, and the M. says, on the right, W. C. T."— G. W. i 
C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 18. 

3. In the examination by the M. at the opening of the 
Subordinate Lodge, the members should rise to give the 
Password and explanation. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th 
6., 19. 

4. It is not necessary for the M. to announce the result I 
of all votes to the W. C. T.— Id. ^ \ 



1. The R. W. G. Templar, while presiding, should be 
addressed simply as Worthy Templar. — R. W. G. L., 1st 
8., 300. 

2. Ought Subordinate Lodges to get up dancing parties 
as Lodges ? 



G. T., vol. 7, 187. 



Marshal. 



Miscellaneous. 




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A. No. Dancing is an amusement in relation to the 
propriety of which there is a wide difference of opinion 
*even among church members. While our Order does not 
attempt to interfere with the amusement of its members, 
it is not proper for Lodges^ as such, to engage in anything 
of this kind while there is such a difference of opinion 
among its members as to its propriety. — R. W. G. T. Has- 
tings, 14th s., 12. Mass., 296. G. W. C. T. Ball, N. Y., 
1868. Neb., 3d s., 15. 

3. Lodges bv so doing forfeit Charters. — Mo., 12th 8., 
50. Can., voL 17, 38. 

4. Lodge rooms are not to be used for dancing. — 111., 
11th s., 41. N. J., 6th s., 11. 

5. Nor rented for it.— Mich., 14th s., 42. G. W. C. T. 
Ball, N. Y., 1868. 

6. Dancing in Lodge rooms on night of meeting for- 
bidden. — Cal., 5th s., 25. 

7. Any Lodge which shall directly or indirectly use or 
allow to be used for a social party where dancing is a part 
of the entertainment, their Lodge name, or the name 
**Good Templar,'' directly or indirectly, in advertising in 
any manner such a party, shall forfeit its Charter, and on 
proof of any such fact coming to the knowledge of the G. 
W. C. T., it shall be his duty to demand their Charter. — 
111., 13th s., 67. 

8. No member shall be permitted to attend a ball in 
any place occupied in whole or in part for the purpose 
of selling liquor.— Wis., 14th s., 50. Mich., 15th s., 32. 
N. J., 6th s., 11. 

9. It is not proper to agitate and discuss the question of 
dancing in open lodge.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

10. Whereas, The use of tobacco not only indirectly, 
but in many cases directly, leads members of the Order 
to patronize bars, and other places where intoxicating 
liquors are kept, and believing the use of tobacco to be 
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urge on all members to discountenance its use in all forms, 
and on all occasions. — Can., vol. 20-24. N. H., 25. 

11. The R. W. G. L. recommends that no member uses 
it while wearing regalia and that Subordinate Lodges pro- 
hibit smoking in the ante-rooms and lobbies of our Lodge 
rooms during session. — R. W. G. L., 19th s., 54. 

12. The Executive Committee of the Grand Lodge of 
Canada, under Sec. 1 of Art. VI., of that G. L. Constitu- 
tion, have not jurisdiction to try a Past Grand officer or 
member of the G. L. for offences committed against the 
laws of the said G. L., or for violations of his obligations 
to said G. L.— R. W. G. T. Hastings, 11th s. 

13. Mass temperance associations are no part of our 
organization, and hence any assessment from such con- 
ventions or associations are not binding upon Subordinate 
Lodges of Tjood Templars, even though such Lodges may 
have members belonging to such conventions, or may 
even have elected delegates to attend and participate in 
them ; but Lodges may vote to appropriate money for 
such a purpose, not being prohibited in their own Consti- 
tution or By-Laws; not in answer to any assessment made 
by such an authority, but as a gift of so much money for 
the purpose of such associations. — R. W. G. T. Chase, 6tli 
s., 10. 

14. Any member hereafter publishing and selling any 
cards, odes, or private work of this Order, shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and be liable to expulsion ; and any 
Lodge purchasing such work may be punished bv forfeii- 
ure of charter.— R. W. G. L., 2d s., 322. 

15. The R. W. G. L. cannot, by a motion, set aside a 
clause of our Constitution. — R. W. G. T. Chase, R. W. G. 
L., 5th s., 23. 

Nor a By-Law. — Ibid. 

16. When consent is referred to in our work, it implies • 
unanimous consent. — Ilh, 7th s., 32. 

17. Matter passes officially from the Lodge when the 
person is notified. — III., 6th s., 26. 



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S18. It is not necessary for a motion to bring any par- 
ticular matter before the Lodge, when working under the 
"Good of the Order," provided the matter mentioned is 
for the good of the Order, and the Chair is to judge, sub- 
ject to the action of the Lodge, if any member chooses to 
appeal— Wis., 9th s., 29. 
19. Q, Is a motion other than to adjourn, in order un- 
I der the head of " Good of the Order" ? 

A. Yes.— Iowa, 9th s., 23. 
I 20. It is in order to transact business, under the head 
I of "Good of the Order."— Mich., 9th s., 19. 

21. After an order of business has been called and de- 
clared closed by the W. C. T., and another taken up, the 
former order can be again called, without a vote of the 
Lodge, if there are no objections ; if there are, a vote 
must be taken. — Wis., 8th s., 7. 

22. Appointed officers hold during the term, even though 
the Chair of the appointing power be vacated, and others 
elected in their stead. — 111., 9th s., 10. 

23. An officer in a Lodge can serve on a Standing Com- 
mittee.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. 

24. A W^. C. T. cannot declare a recess of fifteen min- 
utes, in the midst of business, when there are those pres- 
ent opposed to it, unless it is brought before the Lodge on 
a regular motion ; and under the head of "New Business'' 
it is in order to make a motion for a recess. — Id., 20th s. 

25. An officer who is absent during the opening of a 
Lodge, cannot claim his seat as an officer, as a right, but 
may take it by the courtesy of the person in the Chair, 
and the presiding officer. — Mich., 8th ^, 15. 

26. An officer absent at roll-call is liable to a fine, 
though he may arrive soon after his name is called, and 
^11 his office during the rest of the evening. The Lodge, 
m such a case, should excuse him, on motion, when his 
case comes up, unless his tardiness is willful and habitual. 
No charge need be preferred in case of the absence of 
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the calling of the roll, and needs no investigation. The 
absentee should always be allowed to state the reasons of 
his absence before the fine is entered. — G. W. C. T. Titus, 
C, 13th s., 12. 

27. The retiring otlice'rs should sign returns to the 
Grand Lodge.— 111., 9th s., 10. 

28. Officers, in the discharge of their duties, are re- 
quired to make the usual salutations on entering and re- 
tiring.— 111., 1855. 

29. So far as relates to officers on retiring on duty, this 
decision is erroneous. The object of salutation on retir- 
ing is to avoid confusion, and that members may be as- 
sured it is in order for them to retire, and certainly there 
is no necessity or propriety in making the salutation to an 
inferior officer, which is equivalent to asking if in order 
to retire, when ordered to go out on duty by tiie presiding 
officer. But us such officers enter on the same footing as 
private members, the salutation should be given on enter- 
ing.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 1863. Conn., 8th s., 21. 

30. Should officers excused by the W. C. T., or any 
person going out by request of the W. C. T. or Lodge, be 
allowed to pass out without giving the salutation and re- 
tiring P. W. ? (This does not refer to officers in their 
official business, viz., the P. W. C. T. or F. S.) A, All 
should give the salutation and retiring P. W. except offi- 
cers that come within the decision of R. W. G. T. Chase 
(ante 29).— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 20. 

31. It is necessary to have the Constitution written or 
printed above the names in Subordinate Lodges. — Ibid., 

a?. 

32. And charter members should sign the roll. — Ibid. 

33. There is no law prohibiting Lodge meetings being 
held on the first floor. — Iowa, 11th s., 7. 

34. A Lodge may have a room without an ante-room^ 
thus making the outside door on the street, when it is im- 
possible to make any better arrangement for meeting. In 
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giving the regular signal, and prescribe some signal to be 
used pro tempore and pro loco, — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
16th s., 19. 

35. Children under three years of age may be admitted 
to visit sessions of a Lodge. — Cal., 4th s., 57. 

36. Children three years old must be excluded from 
Lodge meetings. — III., 18th s., 43. 

37. A member of our Order is obliged to serve upon any 
committee, unless excused ; and such member is not to be 
the judge as to the character of the subject-matter confided 
to the committee.— G. W. C. T. Campbell, Mo., 1867. 

38. A member of a Subordinate Lodge has not a right 
to reveal to persons outside of the Lodge the business 
transacted therein. — Cal., 7th s., 28. 

39. The manner of giving our obligation should not be 
told to any person who is not a member of the Order. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 60. 

40. It is no part of the work of this Order to accompany 
the signs with language explaining such signs. — R. W. G. 
T. Hastings. 

41. In giving the unwritten work to a candidate, it is 
wrong to explain the meaning of the first three signs. — 
Wis., 17th s., 47. R. W. G. L., 19th s., 97. 

42. When the W. C. T. of Subordinate Lodges asks the 
question, "Has any member viohited the pledge?" is it 
according to the usage of the Order for the members who 
have not committed such a violation to arise and assume 
the Good Templar's attitude? If such is not the usage, 
should it be practiced in any of our Lodges ? 

A> It is not the usage, and should not be practiced. — 
Mich., 13th s., 11. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 16. 
^E. W. G. L., 957. 

43. Member^ may cross the hall during Lodge sessions 
without permission of the W. C. T. ; but not when any 
other member has the floor. — 111., 18th s., 43. 



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44. A Lodge cannot abolish the calling of the roll of 
officers at the opening of the Lodge. — Ind., 17th s., 37. 

45. The Trustees are the proper officers to hire the jan- 
itor to have charge of the hall where a Lodge meets, in« 
Btead of the Koom Committee. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
19th s., 58. 

46. Q. Have the Trustees of a Lodge a right to take the 
property of said Lodge to use at a festival or celebration 
for the benefit of the Lodge ? A. The Trustees have con- 
trol of all the property of the Lodge, subject to the ap- 
proval of said Lodge, and can so take and use it. — Ibid., 
17th s., 61. 

47. Members in arrears not being entitled to seats in a 
Lodge, are not to be included in the number requisite to 
form a quorum, unlcvss members in arrears shall qualify 
themselves by payment of dues. — Ibid., 18th s., 46. 

48. A librarian and assistant librarian cannot be con- 
sidered as officers of the Lodge. — Ibid. 

49. A chaplain came into the Lodge when the meeting 
was half through, and under order of "New Business" 
gave in his excuse, claiming that it should be received and 
no fine charged to him. The W. C. T. refused to receive 
it, and called him to order, claiming that he must wait 
until next meeting, and then under the head of "Calling 
list of officers absent at last meeting," render his excuse. 
Decided that it was proper for the chaplain to fender his 
excuse, and the duty of the W. C. T. to entertain a motion 
to excuse him, if a vote of the Lodge was necessary. 
There are certain heads in our Order of Business under 
which certain business is transacted ; but this does not 
prevent the same business being transacted under other 
heads not inappropriate, and when the circumstances 
seem to warrant it.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 59. 

50. In Art. V., Sec. 3, By-Laws of Subordinate Lodges, 
sickness of an officer's family or friends, preventing his 
attendance at Lodge, may be accepted as a lawful excuse, 
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61. What is meant by Sec. 3, Art. V., Subordinate Lodge 
By-Laws ? Does it mean absence from home or the Lodge 
room? A, It means absence from home or the place. In 
Buch cases, or when sick, the member is declared excused 
by the W. C. T. without any vote of the Lodge. In oil 
other cases, the Lodge may, by vote, excuse. — Id., 17th s., 
61. 

52. Public dedication of Good Templar halls is allowed 
in our Order, and recommended. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 16th s., 19. 

53. A Good Templar does right in refusing to subscribe 
for a paper that advertises the sale of alcoholic liquors. — 
Ibid. 

54. The following resolution is constitutional, and 
should be entertained by a W. C. T. : 

Resolved, That on and after a certain date all the officers of 
a Lodge who reside out of town be and are hereby excused 
from attending the meetings of the Lodge whenever the 
weather is unusually inclement. 

55. What can be done with members who sit during the 
sessions of a Lodge when the rules of the Order require 
them to stand? A. If they willfully violate the rules of 
the Order in that respect they can be dealt with the same 
as for any other violation of the rules and usages. — Ibid., 
17th s., 60. 

56. Reading the Scriptures in our Lodge meetings ia 
not only strictly constitutional, but is in accordance with 
our rules and usages, and is recommended. If a Lodge 
passes a vote to have the Scriptures read, or if the Chap- 
lain wishes to read them without a vote of the Lodge, tlie 
W. C. T. has no right to prevent it, and if he does, is guilty 
of a misdemeanor in office, and may be dealt with ac- 
cordingly. — Ibid. 

57. A hall is legally dedicated when done by a W. C. 
T. without the presence or direction of a G. W. C. T. or 
any Deputy. — Wis., 16th s., 41. 

58. No decision can be made by any officer, or resolu- 



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tion passed by any Lodge, that will have the force of an 
ex post facto law, but it is proper to give interpretations of 
any law existing at the time an act was alleged to have 
been committed. — Conn., 6th s., 48. 

59. Certain money having been collected by subscrip- 
tion to pay the expense of a lecture, and the lecturer not 
being able to attend, a motion is made and carried to have 
the money paid into the treasury of the Lodge ; the W. 
C. T. decides the action illegal, on the ground that the 
money was contributed for a specific object, and did not 
belong to the Lodge, and could not be controlled by those 
who were not contributors. The Grand Lodge of Conn, 
sustained the W. C. T. on appeal. — 6th s., 50. 

60. Social parties, where such amusements as "Snap 
and Catch 'Em" (so called) are a leading feature, however 
innocent they may be, ought not to be originated by mo- 
tion and vote in our Lodges, nor held under their aus- 
pices ; and no Lodge has any right to appropriate funds 
from its treasury to defray the expenses of such gathering. 
—Id., 61. 

6L County Lodges have no authority to decide appeals 
from Subordinate Lodges, or to control their disciplinary 
action.— G. W. C. T. Boyd, Me., 14th s., 11. 

Except where the Grand Lodge has conferred 
this authority in the charters to such County Lodges, 
or by express enactment. 

62. If business is referred to a Finance Committee on 
the night of installation, which is not finished at that' 
meeting, said Committee cannot act after the new Com- 
mittee is appointed. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 16. 

63. The W. C. T. may excuse a committee appointed 
by himself, on their declining to serve, if there is no ob- 
jection on the part of the Lodge. It is virtually the 
Lodge which appoints or excuses. — O. P., vol. 1, No. 1. 

64. Members of our Order are entitled to relief from dis- 
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the quarterly P. W., as well as the signs and tests adopted 
as the secret workings of our Order. — Wis., 10th s., 11. 

65. No one is allowed to remain in the ante-room dur- 
ing the sessions of the Lodge longer than is necessary to 
pass in and out, except the S. and other officers or com- 
mittees in the discharge of other duties imposed by the 
Lodge, The ante-rooms of our Lodges should not be 
used as places of resort for idlers. — Ibid. 

66. No Subordinate Lodge should publish, or offer for 
publication, its action in any case where the character of 
any member is involved. — Mich., 13th s., 12. 

67. A hall, or other real estate held by a Lodge, does 
not, in case the Lodge disbands or becomes extinct, be- 
come the property of the Grand Lodge. It belongs to the 
members jointly who are in good standing when the Lodge 
breaks up.— G. W. C. T. Titus, O., 13th s., 12. 

jS8. A member of our Order has a right to sue another 
member at law without first warning him of the fact, as 
the laws of the Order do not deprive its members from 
collecting debts of one another by due course of law ; yet 
members should be charitable to each other, and be guided 
by the golden rule. It would be well to give notice of the 
fact, though no law compels such notice. — Ind., 7th s., 8. 

69. The Sick Committee cannot call on a suspended 
member to sit up with a sick member who is in good 
standing, nor can they compel a member in good standing 
to sit up with a suspended member when sick. A sus- 
pended member is cut off from all privileges of the Lodge, 
both at its meetings and from that care and attention im- 
poi^ed upon us by the laws of the Order in case of sick- 
ness.— Ind., 7th s., 12. 

70. A second person may be admitted to a Lodge room 
before the first has given the salutation. — Wis., 12th s., 22. 

71. A brother gave the usual signal at the inner door 
and reported himself deficient in the P. W. The W. V. 
T. directed his admission, which was done, the brother 
advanced to the P. W. C. T. and gave the salutation, which 



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he refused to recognize, upon the ground that the brother 
was not entitled to any recognition until he qualified him- 
self for a seat in the Lodge by obtaining the P. W. ; that 
after obtaining the P. W. the brother must then give the 
salutation, which he would recognize, and the brother 
would be entitled to a seat. The brother had already 
paid his dues. The W. C. T. ruled that the W. V. T's. 
permission to enter was a sufficient warrant for the 
brother so to do, and the P. W. C. T. must recognize 
his salutation before the brother obtained the P. W., after 
which the deficient member was to possess himself of the 
forgotten word, and take his seat. Which was right? 
Ans. The W. C. T. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

72. The "Digest" received by a Lodge, at its institution, 
is the property of the Lodge, and should always be in the 
room accessible to all. — Iowa, 14th s., 7. Mo., 15th s., 41. 

73. We hereby declare our unequivocal disapprobation 
of any and all such methods of raising money, as 
the "Premium Temperance Concert,'^ a scheme based 
upon the immoral principle of gambling; and would 
caution the public against being deceived by any such 
immoral pretexts. As our Order is founded upon the 
principles of the highest morality and vital Christianity, 
it is our duty to discountenance all that would lead to 
vice, crime or immorality. — R. W. G. L. 14th s., 66. 

74. It is a violation of our principles to discuss or de- 
bate in Lodge questions of party politics, or of a sectarian 
and denominational character in religion. — 111., 13th s., 16. 

75. A motion to excuse all absentees in a Subordinate 
Lodge is in order, unless the By-Laws of the Lodge declare 
otherwise.-— Cal., 5th s., 34. 

76. There is no provision in the Constitution for a 
Lodge becoming beneficiary, nor is it in harmony with the 
policy of the Order. That policy is to inculcate and 
practice the principles of total abstinence, for our own 
safety, for the peace and safety of our families, and for 
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it is a policy of self-denial ; and as to others, it is benevo- 
lence and humanity, harmonizing with the genius and 
spirit of Christianity. But the beneficiary idea is quite the 
reverse, tending to fix the mind on the benefits to accrue^ 
like an Insurance policy, and losing sight of the cardinal 
principles we seek to inculcate. Nor is it adapted, either, 
to reach the masses, creating a necessity for high fees and 
dues.— G. W. C. T. McMurray, Pa., 14th s., 14. 

77. A Subordinate Lodge has no right to appropriate 
its ordinary Lodge funds to the support of sick or indigent 
members. To allow this would pervert the design of the 
Order, by rendering it a beneficiary society. — R. W. G. L., 
19th s., 96. Appeal of John Sutherland from G. L. of 
Scotland. 

78. Do Good Templars act unconstitutionally, by either 
calling or attending a convention of Good Templars, 
either called or assembled for the purpose of considering 
and deciding as to whether any and what action should 
be taken to promote the good of the Order, and advance 
the cause of Temperance? 

Ans. No, provided such members meet in their indi- 
vidual capacity, and all its business and deliberations are 
conducted in strict conformity with the object set forth in 
the question. — R. W. G. L., 19th s., 95. 

79. An Ancient Good Templar is one whose Lodge has 
failed, and left him without membership or clearance 
card. His privileges are, upon showing the facts, he in 
admitted without re-initiation, the same as a card member. 
— R. W. G.L., 4th s., 35. 



Parliamentary. 

1. Q. 1st, a motion was made and carried to accept the 
report of a certain committee, and discharge them ; 2cl-, 
a motion was made and carried by the Lodge to the efiect 
that the first motion be reconsidered. A third motion was 
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(the one to accept the report and discharge the committee) 
be rescinded. The W. C. T. ruled that the motion waa 
out of order. Was his ruling correct? 

A. It was ; and for these reasons : 1st, when a motion 
for reconsideration has passed, the question again recurs 
on the original motion ; it cannot be in order then to move 
to rescind that motion, because there is nothing pending 
to rescind. The original question is before the Lodge 
precisely as it was the moment before the vote on its 
adoption was taken ; and unless a motion is made to 
amend it in some way, the question should be taken as at 
first, and if a majority are opposed to it they can vote it 
down, and thus end it. — G. W. C. T. Hawkins, Iowa, 14th 
«.,7. 

2. When a motion is pending before the Lodge to 
reduce the initiation fee and quarterly dues one-half, it 
would not be in order to offer the following amendment: 
" I move that the fees and dues be not reduced, but remain 
as they are.'* — Ibid. 

3. A motion for a recess of ten minutes is a proper one 
in a Lodge. — Ibid. 

4. In Valley City Lodge, No. 159, Iowa, a motion was 
made that a committee be appointed to raise money to pay 
the dues of brothers who had enlisted in the army. An- 
other motion was made that an order be drawn on the W, 
T. for the aforesaid purpose, which last motion the W. C. 
T. declared out of order, there being a motion before the 
Lodge. An appeal was taken from decision of Chair to 
Lodge, and the Chair reversed upon the ground that the 
first motion was out of order. An appeal was taken from 
this action to Grand Lodge, and the action of the Lodge 
reversed and appeal sustained. — Iowa, 8th 36. 

5. When a Lodge resolves itself into a Committee of 
THE Whole, no officer is displaced but W. C. T. ; all 
others retain their position and perform the duties of 
their respective offices. — Iowa, 10th s., 7. 

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**That a committee be appointed to make arrangements to 
get np a dance or something of that kind, to celebrate the 
anniversary of the institution of our Lodge," which mo- 
tion the W. G. T. declared out of order. An appeal was 
taken to the Lodge, and the W. C. T. sustained. Decided: 
that the Chair sliould have entertained the motion, and 
the Lodge was in error in sustaining him. — R. W. G. T. 
Chase, 7th s., 8. 

7. At the annual session of the G. L. of Minnesota, 
while a resolution was under discussion with an amend- 
ment pending, a call was made and sustained for the 
previous question ; the G. W. C. T. ruled that the previous 
question cut off the amendment; an appeal from this 
decision to the Lodge was refused. Was the ruling of the 
Chair that the amendment was cut off by the " previous 
question" correct? Am. No. Was it proper for the 
Chair to refuse the appeal to the Lodge ? Ans. No. — P. 
R. W. G. T. Chase, 1869. 

8. The previous question can be called while a member 
is speaking. The object of the previous question is to cut 
off debate, and force the body having the matter under 
consideration to a vote ; but this could not be accomplished 
if it could not be called while a member is engaged in 
Bpeaking ; as a member may talk against time and fritter 
away an entire session, or a number of them, and no \ote 
be reached. Even when a member had ceased speaking, 
the next member recognized by the Chair might be one 
interested in prolonging the discussion, and thus the 
debate be continued indefinitely. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 16th s., 22. 

9. It is said in "Chase's Digest," that "the previous 
question can be called while a member is speaking." 
Why did you not accept my motion while a brother was 
speaking? 

A, The reason I could not take your motion was because 
you had not the floor. No person can speak in the Lodge, 
OP call anything, unless he has been recognized by the 
Chair, and has the floor. To get the floor when a member 



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is speaking, the person having it must be requested to 
withdraw for a moment, and he must have done so, before 
the previous question can be called. — P. E. W. G. T. 
Chase, G. L. Scotland, 216. 

10. No business regularly before the Lodge shall be 
interrupted, except by a motion for adjournment, post- 
ponement, commitment, amendment, to lay on the table, 
or for the previous question. — Id., 17th s., 60. 

11. A motion to "throw under the table" is not parlia- 
mentary, and should not be made. — Id., 61. 

12. A question laid on the table for two weeks cannot 
be acted on at the end of one week. — Conn., 6th s., 47. 

13. When a motion is made, and two amendments 
moved thereto, and the amendments have been voted on 
and lost, other amendments can be moved. — Ind., 17th s., 
34. 

14. Upon the question to approve the minutes of a 
previous session, it is not in order to move the reference 
of certain resolutions passed at such session to a com- 
mittee, nor for any one to criticise or in any way to discuss 
the merits of such resolutions. The only question to be 
decided is, are the proceedings correctly reported ? — G. 
W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 59. 

15. If a member rises to speak or offer a motion (in 
order), and is not recognized by the Chair, can he turn 
and address the W. V. T., and if recognized, can he then 
speak? A, No.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 21. 

16. It is not in order for a member to retire from the 
Lodge while a member is speaking, and the W. V. T. 
should not answer the salutation, or allow such retiring. 
Of course if the member speaking suspends his remarks, 
at the request of the W. C. T. for such purpose, it is in 
order.— G. W. C. T., Pa., 20th s. 

17. When a member rises to speak he cannot be recog- 
nized by a nod of the head, but his name must be called, 
unless it is unknown to the W. C. T. or presiding officer, 
when he must be recognized in some way which will 



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indicate to whom the floor is given, as the " Brother on 
my right," the Brother on my left,'^ or the " Brother in 
front," etc.— G. W. C.T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 59. 

18. A resolution adopted at a special meeting of a Lodge 
not properly called, and carried by votes of members not 
entitled to seats in the Lodge, is not binding, and should 
not go upon the journal of the Lodge. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 20lh 8. 

19. The mover and seconder of a motion cannot speak 
to it when moving and seconding; but must wait until 
the question has been moved and seconded and repeated 
from the Chair. — Id. 

20. It is not right for any one, in Subordinate or G. L., 
on rising to make a proposition or speak in the Lodge, to 
make any sign of salutation. — R. W. G. L., 19th s., 97. 

21. It is imperative, that in speaking in Subordinate, 
Grand, or R. W. G. Lodge, that the party wishing to do 
so, rise to his or her feet, and address the chair in the 
proper manner. — R. W. G. L., 19th s., 97. 

22. A committee appointed to do a certain work, make 
their report. A motion to " receive the report and dis- 
charge the committee," is out of order. The report is 
the property of the Lodge, to do with as they please, and 
the committee having done what they were ordered to do, 
cease to be a committee. This last clause does not refer 
to standing committees. — R. W. G. L., 19th s., 98. 



Pass-Word. 

1. The W. C. T. can give the P. W. at any time and 
in any place, when he is certain the person is entitled to 
receive it. He is not confined to the Lodge room. — Iowa, 
14th s., 30. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1868. 

2. Under Sec. 3, Art. 4, Sub. Lodge Cons., the W. V. T. 
is required to perform the duties of the W. C. T. in his 
absence, and during the absence of such ofiicer from home, 

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the W. V. T. is the W. C. T. of the Lodge for all pur- 
poses ; and as the W. C. T. may give the pass- word in the 
interim between sessions, so may the W. V. T. in that 
officer's absence from his home— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa,, 
17th s., 54. 

3. The W. V. T. is not required to give the P. W. to 
the M. at time of examination. As the W. V. T. is re- 
quired to examine the G. and S., it is known that such 
officer must be in possession of it.— Ibid. 

4. Where on the night of installation of officers, pre- 
vious thereto, there was an initiation of several candidateH, 
the retiring W. C. T. has no right to give the new pass- 
word to the initiates. If he gives any, it must be the old 
one.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 20. 

5. A presiding W. C. T. not a member of the Lodge 
over which he is presiding, has the right to give the P. 
W. to members entitled.— 111., 18th s., 42. 

This is on the principle that a pro tern, presiding 
officer is invested with all the authority of the reg- 
ular presiding officer, while in the discharge of the 
duties of presiding officer. Hence he can give the 
casting vote in case of a tie, where the regular pre- 
siding officer could do so. 

6. It is improper to communicate the pass-word and 
explanations to initiates in a loud voice. None but the 
W. C. T. should then communicate it. — K. W. G. L., 
1st s., 301. 

7. A D. G. W. C. T. cannot aid the W. C. T. in giving 
it at the commencement of the quarter. — Ind., 4th s., 30. 

8. The presiding officer only, can impart the pass-word 
at initiations, and cannot authorize the M. to do so. — G. 
W. C. T. Titus, O., 13th s., 12. K W. G. L., 19th s., 98. 

9. A G. W. C. T. cannot legally give the pass-word to 
a member of this Order, other than his Deputy or a W. 
C. T. Nor can a D. G. W. C. T.— Cal., 6th s., 16. 



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Mass., 307 (Conn., 6th s., 25, and Kas., 12th s., 
13), decide that he may give it to any member in 
his jurisdiction whom he knows to be entitled to it. 
Cal. is correct. 

10. No State Deputy, or any other Deputy, as such^ has 
a right to give the P. W. to a member, even though he 
knows Rucli a member entitled to it, and in his opinion, 
the good of a member or the Order requires it should be 
given. This preroo^ative belongs to the W. C. T. or acting 
W. C. T. alone. Of course, if the Deputy is acting W. C. 
T., he has the right.—E. W. G. T. Chase, 9th s., 10. 

11. A Lodge Deputy has no right to communicate the 
new quarterly pass-word to any one but the newly elected 
W. C. T., nor to him until after installation. — R. W. G. 
T. Russell, 18th s., 984. 

12. It cannot be communicated in writing. — N. H., 66. 

13. Members are not at liberty to communicate the 
pass-word to each other, and when forgotten, application 
should be made to the W. C. T., whose duty it is to com- 
municate it upon satisfactory evidence that the applicant 
is legally entitled thereto. — 111., 44. 

14. The W. C. T. can legally receive the P. W. from 
no other person than the G. W. C. T. or his acting Deputy. 
If the W. C. T. obtains the P. W. unlawfully, and the 
members receive it, being aware of the fact, the charter 
of such Lodge should at once be revoked. — G. T., vol. 6, 
56. 

15. A W. C. T. may withhold the P. W. from a mem- 
ber who is under a charge for violation of pledge. — G. W. 
C. T. Potter, N. J., 4th s., 9. 

16. A member in arrears has no right to use the P. W., 
although given him by the W. C. T. — Ibid. 

17. One receiving the P. W. illegally^ and refusing to 
give the name of the person giving it to him, is liable to 
Buapension or expulsion. — Ibid. 



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18. A member who has obtained the pass- word in any 
illegal manner, shall not be considered in possession of t' ' 
same, and not be allowed a seat in the lodge-room, a 
should be disciplined for so obtaining it. — E. W. G. 
19th s., 98. 

19. A Deputy cannot legally communicate the quarter! 
P. W. to the W. C. T. elect before his installation. — Iowa, 
11th s., 40. K. I., 4th s., 7. 

20. The P. W. is not to be given unless the member is 
clear of the books, and to be clear of the books at the com- 
mencement of a quarter, one quarter's dues must be paid 
in advance. — Iowa, 13. Cal., 8th s., 43. 

21. And fines as well as dues. — 111., 1858. 

22. When a member appeals to the Grand Lodge from 
a fine imposed by a Subordinate Lodge, he is not con- 
sidered clear on the books, or entitled to the pass-word, 
till the tine is paid. In case the Grand Lodge decides in 
his favor, his Lodge must refund the fine, if paid. — G. W. 
C. T. Titus, O., 13th s., 12. 

23. If a member pays a full quarter's dues in the mid- 
dle of a term, he is not entitled to thp P. W. of the next 
term.— Wis., 5th s., 12. 

24. A Lodge levied a tax on its members for the pur- 
pose of paying for regalia. Can this Lodge, hy votCj with- 
hold the P. W. from those who have not paid the tax ? A, 
It cannot.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 61. 

25. As a general rule, a W. C. T. has no right to witli- 
hold the pass-word from a member who is clear of the 
books, although I can conceive of a case where he would 
be justified in doing so, but such cases would be very rare 
in our Order.— K. W. G. T. Hastings, 12th s., 8. 

26. If a member pays his dues, and demands the 
quarterly pass-word, and at the same time says that he 
intends to withdraw the same evening, would the W. C. 
T. be justified in withholding the pass-word from him? 

A. No; unless the W. C. T. is satisfied he will use the 
game for illegal purposes. — Mich., 12th s., 28. 



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27. It is proper for the W. C. T. of one Lodge to com- 
municate tlie pass-word to a member of another Lodge, on 
the written request of the Lodge to which said member 
belongs.— K. W. G. L., 4th s., 35. 

28. Or upon the written request of the W. C. T. of the 
Lodge to which the visitor belongs. — N. H., 35. 

29. A W. C. T. has a right to give the Q. P. W. to a 
member visiting by card wlio is entitled to it in his own 
Lodge, on the request of the W. C. T. of the Lodge grant- 
ing the card. — Wis., 8th s., 8. 

G. W. C. T. Downing, of California (4th s., 12), 
has decided that a W. C. T. may give the Q. P. W. 
to a visiting member, if such member is vouched for 
by the Deputy or other Grand officer. This is er- 
roneous, and in conflict witli sec. 27. The Q. P. W. 
can only be given by a W. C. T. to members of his 
own Lodge, or a member of another Lodge, upon the 
request of the Lodge to which such member belongs, 
or certificate of the W. C. T. or W. F. S. of his own 
Lodge, showing that he is entitled to receive it. 
Contrary to our rule, as given in sec. 32 and ex 
gratia^ we allow visiting members to sit in the Lodge, 
without the Q. P. W., upon complying with, or be- 
ing vouched for, as provided in Art. 11, p. 21. 

30. Can a Degree Templar impart the quarterly pass- 
word to a Degree member? Take a case. A member, 
when examined at the opening of a Degree Lodge, is not 
in possession of the quarterly pass-word, and, consequently, 
is not entitled to sit in the Lodge. In the absence of the 
W. C. T., is the Degree Templar authorized to impart said 
pass-word, or must the member retire? 

A. A Degree Templar may give the term pass-word, in 
finch case, to a member of his own Lodge. — Mass., 115. 

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has no right to give the term P. W. If he had, 
members might obtain it, when in arrears for dues. 
The only authorized person to give it is the W. C. 
T., and a Deputy G. W. C. T. can only give it to 
the W. C. T., who alone is authorized to give it to 
the members of the Order. — (Ind., 7th s., 9. Iowa, 
14th s., 30.) 

31. When a Degree Lodge is open, and the W. C. T. is 
absent, can the W. D. T. give the P. W. to those entitled 
to it? if not, can such members be permitted to sit in the 
Degree Lodge without the P. W. ? A. The P. W. cannot 
be given under such circumstances, but such members may 
be permitted to sit in Degree Lodge or Temple ex gratia^ 
the same as we allow visiting members to sit in the Lodge 
without the P. W., upon being properly vouched for, — G. 
W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 54. 

32. No one has a right to sit in a Lodge, officer or 
member, who is not in possession of the pass-word for the 
current quarter, and no one has a right to this pass-word 
whose dues are not paid to the close of the quarter in 
which the particular pass-word is used. — K. W. G. T. Has- 
tings, 14th s., 12. 111., 9th s., 31. 

33. A member whom you know to be in possession of 
the Q. P. W., and refuses to give it to the proper officers, 
cannot be permitted to remain in the Lodge. — Iowa, lOtli 
s., 36. 

34. If a member not entitled to the pass-word is in the 
Lodge room without it, and refuses to go out, may he be 
expelled by force? 

A. By the "common law," a person who intrudes into 
a place where he has no right to be may be requested to 
retire, and if he refuses to do so, as much force as is 
necessary to remove him may be employed. This rule 
is neither enlarged or abridged by the rules of our Order, 
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tribunals will justify, and no more. — G. W. C. T. White, 
Vt., 5th 8., 7. 

In Great Bend Lodge No. 4, Pa., a member o'e- 
fused to receive the pass-word from the W. C. T. on 
account of personal feeling, and still persisted in 
sitting in the Lodge room. The W. C. T. ordered 
him to retire, and upon his refusing, obtained suffi- 
cient force and removed him. He never prosecuted 
for assault and battery, and never will. 

Where the pass-word became generally known 
outside of a Subordinate Lodge in Pennsylvania, 

W. C. T. Chase authorized the W. C. T. of such 
Lodge to make and use a special P. W. and expla- 
nation for the balance of the quarter; and such 
action by G. W. C. T.'s is proper. 

35. A suspended member, in possession of the Q. P. W., 
cannot sit in the Lodge. — Iowa, 10th s., 36. 

36. Nor receive it legally.— 111., 13th s., 16. 

37. A member cannot be admitted to the Lodge room 
on the pass-word of a previous quarter, at a meeting of 
the Lodge subsequent to the installation of officers, when 
the Lodge opened and was working under the pass-word 
of the new quarter. — Mass., 187. 

38. It is lawful to write the pass-words, and show them 
to a deaf person (at initiation), and then destroy the 
paper. — Conn., 3d s., 28. 

39. The S. has a right to demand the P. W. during 
recess. — Wis., 11th s., 16. 

40. If the Guards of the Lodge be not in possession 
of the quarterly pass-word, the W. V. T. will report such 
fact to the W. C. T., who alone has the right to give the 
pass-word to members. — R. W. G. L., 19th s., 98. 

41. A member of our Order has no right to give the 



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old or expired P. W. to persons not members of the 
Order. — Ibid. 

42. A member wbo will write the P. W. on fences and 
buildings, and give all the unwritten work to any one 
asking for it, should be expelled. — Ind., 17th a., 37. 

43. There is no conflict between Sections 1 and 2 of 
Article IV. of Constitution for Subordinate Lodges. They 
are to be construed together, and the first clause of Section 
2 is only applicable after the term in which a member is 
initiated.— G. W. C T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 59. 

44. The W. C. T. should always receive the T. P. W. 
at his installation, and wben it is changed the acting P. 
W. C. T. should receive it.— Id., 20th s. 

45. If the W. C. T. willfully and intentionally gi^es the 
P. W. to a member three months in arrears, knowing such 
to be the fact by report of W. F. S., then in such case the 
W. C. T. is liable to the penalty of removal from office 
and suspension or expulsion, according to the act of the 
Lodge.— Cal., 8th s., 42. 

46. The W. C. T. of a Subordinate Lodge has no right 
to withhold the pass-word from a member of the Lodge by 
order of the Lodge Deputy, but has a right to withhold 
the pass-word from a member who is under a charge, until 
the charge has been investigated and acted upon. — G. W. 
C. T. Walkley, Conn., 4th s., 27. 

47. On the night of installation, the Lodge works under 
the old pass-word. — Temp. Off., vol. 4, 4. 

48. We have no right to send the pass-word to members 
in the army. — Wis., 6th s., 8. 

49. It is a violation of our laws to communicate an old 
pass-word to a person not a member. — Wis., 6th s., 23. 

50. If a W. C. T. is advised and believes that a charge 
is to be preferred against a member of his Lodge for 
violation of the pledge, and the member pays his dues, 
and demands of the W. C. T. the pass-word on the even- 
ing when the charge is to be preferred, but before it ia 



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done, the W. C. T. is not justifiable in giving the pass* 
word. — Iowa, 7th s., 31. 

51. Can a Lodge proliibit a member from sitting in the 
Lodge room, when he has the P. W., whether he be in good 
standing or not ? 

A. It can. Under certain circumstances a member is 
presumed to be in good standing until a charge is pre- 
ferred against him, and he be found guilty ; and until such 
decision he would have a right to remain in the Lodge 
(except when the vote upon his guilt or innocence is 
being taken, or when he should refuse to obey the W. C. 
T. in enforcing the rules of order). After he is found 
guilty, and the sentence of the Lodge pronounced against 
him, he is not in good standing, and has no right to be in 
the Lodge. — Mich., 6th s., 16. 

52. It is not legal for any G. W. S. to communicate the 
P. W. to any Lodge not having made its quarterly re- 
turns.— P. G. W. C. T. Switzler, Mo., 1856, 28. 

For example : A Lodge not having made its re- 
turns for the quarter ending 1st August, shall not 
be furnished with the P. W. for quarter commen- 
cing 1st of November. 

53. The Grand Lodge officers cannot withhold the P. 
W. from a Subordinate Lodge, when their report and dues 
have been put into the hands of the proper deputy. — Wis., 
6th s., 42. 

This is erroneous. The Lodge Deputy is recom- 
mended by the Lodge, and may be required by the 
Lodge to give bonds for the faithful performance of 
his trust; and, though commissioned by the G. W. 
C. T. to act as his deputy, in the discharge of cer- 
tain duties, so far as pertains to the payment and 
transmission of dues, he acts as the agent of the 
Lodge, and is responsible to the Lodge for the mo- 



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ney. The P. W. may be withheld from the Lodge 
until the dues are received by the Gr. S., or until 
proper evidence is furnished that they were forwarded 
in some of the methods authorized by the Gr. Lodge. 

' 54. None but the W. C. T., or in his absence the mem- 
ber acting as such, has the right to communicate the pass- 
word of the initiatory work. The same will apply to the 
Degree words, the Deputy or Degree Templar alone being 
authorized to communicate it. — P. G. W. C. T. Atherly, 
Wis., 1st s., 23. 

55. The W. C. T. should give the inUidtory word in an 
audible voice, and it should be divided thus: The chal- 
lenging or testing party giving ^ * ^ and the tested party 
* * ^. He may divide it with the W. M. when initiating 
candidates, and this certainly would be good taste, but 
such is no part of our unwritten work. — R. W. G. T. 
Chase, 1863. 

56. It is pronounced in full, to conform to the text of 
the Ritual, and in a low tone of voice, loud enough to be 
heard by the candidates. It is then divided. — R. W. G. 
T. Orne, 15th s., 9. 

57. The Degree pass-words are given by the Degree 
Templar, when instructing candidates, in an audible voice, 
and also when lettered ; at all other times in a whisper. — 
R. W. G. T. Chase. 

58. In the examination by the Marshal, at the opening 
of a Subordinate Lodge, both the pass-word and explana- 
tion should be given. — Ibid., Appeal from G. L. of Cal. 

59. The test word and the initiatory word are the same. 
— G. T., vol. 8, 58. 

60. Is the test word of our Order to be given only in the 
dark, or may it be given at any time ? 

A, It may be given whenever needed. — Wis., 6th s., 8. 

It is the distress word that is to be given only in 
the dark. 



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61. Only members having traveling cards are entitled 
to the traveling P. W.— 111., 67. Art. 20, By-Laws K. W. 
G. L. 

62. A W. C. T. is authorized to communicate the trav- 
eling P. W. and explanation to a member of the Order in 
possession of a traveling card, when requested so to do by 
the W. C. T. of the Lodge to which the member belongs, 
over its seal.— P. G. W. C. T. Stewart, O. 

63. The traveling pass-word expires with the year for 
which given. The new pass-word can be obtained by the 
traveling brother of any W. C. T., under the written di- 
rection of the W. C. T. and the seal of the Lodge to which 
the brother belongs. — Mass., 187. 

64. The T. P. W. is changed on the first day of August 
each year. — O. P., vol. 1, 10. 

65. Any member using the P. W., without having re- 
ceived it regularly from his W. C. T., is guilty of gross 
violation of the rules of the Order, and shall be subject 
to the discipline of his Lodge for such offence. — Pa., 2d 

8., 9. 

66. A retiring pass-word, changed every meeting, is in 
use in every Lodge in our Order, and cannot be omitted. 
A person who goes out on a retiring P. W. cannot enter 
on the same.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 6th s., 9. 

67. The proper person to make the retiring pass-word is 
the W. V. T., who will each night communicate the same 
to the D. M. and to the G. Members, on leaviiig, will get 
it from the D. M. and communicate it to the G. 

68. A member is allowed to remain during the evening, 
if he has the pass-word with which the Lodge was opened, 
unless excluded for other causes. The non-payment of 
dues the evening the pass-word is given out does not ex- 
clude him from that meeting, even if it be the second or 
third meeting of the quarter. The dues should be paid 
the first meeting in the quarter, but payment cannot be 
enforced till the new pass-word is given, and then only when 
the Lodge opens with it.— G. W. C. T. Titus, O., 13th s., 12. 



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69. A member is not subject to discipline for refusing 
to pay a tax assessed by the Lodge for debt incurred in 
procuring Degree Regalia, however bound in honor, ac- 
cording to ability, it cannot be legally exacted, nor is the 
W. C. T. justitied in withholding the pass-word on that ac- 
count. — Pa., 14th s., 1 4. 

Penalty and Results. 

Lodges should always exercise the greatest amount 
of charity in the imposition of penalties upon an 
offending brother. Mild but certain punishment is 
generally the best, and a simple reprimand from the 
Chair, in open session, is often more effectual than 
the infliction of a fine or suspension. Where there 
is possible hope of reform in a brother who has vio- 
lated his obligation, the Lodge should deal mercifully 
with him, always exhausting the milder means of 
punishment before resorting to suspension or expul- 
sion. But in all cases, when a first ofi'ence is of so 
gross a character, or has been repeated twice or thrice, 
so as to make a member altogether incorrigible, he 
should be cut off. One of our highest duties, as 
Good Templars, is to preserve the purity of our fra- 
ternity, and make the Lodge room always as sacred 
to morality and virtue as are our own firesides. It 
is here that we introduce our wives, sisters, daugh- 
ters, and sons, and we cannot be too vigilant in guard- 
ing the purity of our common altar. 

1. Expulsion or suspension from a Subordinate Lodge 
expels or suspends from the Degree Lodge, and no sepa- 
rate trial or action there, is necessary. Members should 
be tried by their peers, hence Degree members should try 
Degree members. — 111., 163, 



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2. If a Degree member is expelled from a Lodge, and 
rejoins it, it is necessary for him to be re-obligated in the 
Degrees, and pay the usual fees again. — Wis., 5th s., 34. 

3. When a member of a Subordinate Lodge has been 
expelled or suspended, does that exclude such member 
from the Degree Lodges? if so, how is the member to be 
excluded from the Degree Lodges during the quarter for 
which he has the pass-word ? 

A. The Subordinate Lodge should notify the Degree 
Lodge of the fact of such expulsion or suspension ; and 
expulsion or suspension in a Subordinate Lodge expels or 
suspends from a Degree Lodge. — Iowa, 7th s., 26. 

4. Expulsion from a Degree Temple does not work a 
forfeiture of the Degrees. — Conn., 4th s., 35. 

This decision was in the following case : Bro. W. 
A. Barnes was expelled from Samaritan Temple, No. 
18. After his expulsion from the Temple, he visited 
his Subordinate Lodge, No. 49, wearing the Third 
Degree regalia, whereupon the Lodge expelled him 
for contempt, it considering that expulsion from the 
Temple worked a forfeiture of the Degrees. 

The Grand Lodge of Conn, reversed the decision 
of the Lodge. 

5. Expulsion from a Degree Temple does not allect 
standing in Subordinate Lodges. — G. W. C. T. Ward, N. 
Y., 8th s., 12. 

6. If a full Degree member, having violated his pledge, 
is reinstated in the Subordinate Lodge, it is necessary that 
such meniber be reinstated in the Degree Lodge ; and at 
any time before expulsion, reinstatement is consistent. — 
K*W..G. L., 3d s., 284. 

7. It is in contravention of the terms and spirit of the 
obligation taken by all who become members of this Or- 
der, for a Subordinate Lodge to excuse a member for a 
violation of that obligation under any circumstances, and 



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that in all cases, some order of degree of punishment 
ehould be administered. — R. W. G. L., 9th s., 36. 

8. Some 'penalty must always be imposed. — R. W. G. L., 
9th s. III., 7th s., 31. Ind., 17th s., 37. 

9. Re-obligation is not a penalty, but a necessary re- 
newal of the obligation, after violation. — G. W. C. T. Ball. 
N. Y., 3d s., 44. 

10. It may be considered a punishment at the option of 
the Lodge for violation of Article II. — Con., Art. VIII., 
8ec. 2. 

11. Any member confessing his error, and asking to be 
reinstated, may be reinstated by re-obligation without 
other punishment. — Ky., 3d s., 11. 

12. A promise to be more faithful in future is not a pen- 
alty.— 111., 9th s., 32. 

13. A Lodge forfeits its charter by persistently refusing 
to affix a penalty for violating the obligation. 

14. But is not compelled to expel, but may affix a lighter 
penalty.— G. W. C. T. Nichols, 111., 10th s., 10. 

15. An acknowledgment in open Lodge, for a violation 
of Art. II., cannot be legitimately considered a penalty 
for such violation. — Cal., 5th s., 18. 

16. In case of reinstatement after violation, re-obligation 
is necessary.— R. W. G. L., 3d s., 384. Pa., 13th s., 28. 

17. Members re-obligated do not re-sign the Constitu- 
tion, unless they have been suspended and their name 
stricken from the roll.— G. W. C. T. Walkiey, Conn., 4th 
8., 50. 

18. Re-obligation is necessary only in case of violation 
of Art. 11.— G. W. C. T. Smith, Mo., 15th s., 40. G. W. 
C. T. Chase, Pa,, 17th s., 56. 

19. A re-obligation should be administered by the W. 
C. T.— P. R. W. G. T. Chase, Kas., 12th s., 60. 

20. It is recommended that hereafter, in all cases of re- 
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abandon the company of unpledged persons, and not, ex- 
cept when traveling or on unavoidable emergencies, to 
visit or tarry at taverns or drinking places. — Pa., 16th s., 
41. 

For form of re-obligation, see under Forms. 

21. Re-obligation bars the bringing of charo:es for all 
previous violations of Art. II. — Conn., 8th s., 20. 

22. If a Lodge fail to notify a brother that he is re- 
quired to be re-obligated, it cannot expel him according 
to Sec. 6 of Art. VIII. of Constitution. He is entitled to 
four weeks in which to be re-obligated, after he is notified 
that the Lodge has voted to do so. — Ibid. 

23. If a member be indefinitely suspended for violation 
of Art. ir., he should not be declared expelled at the ex- 
piration of four weeks. — Ibid. 

Such member should be re-obligated when the 
Lodge vote to strike off the suspension, or, if sus- 
pended for a definite time, he should be re-obligated 
at or before the expiration of the suspension. N. J. 
(4th s., 12) decides, erroneously, that a suspended 
member must appear for re-obligation within four 
weeks, or the W. C. T. shall declare him expelled. 

24. When a member confesses to a violation, and asks 
to be re-obligated, it is necessary that the Lodge vote to re- 
obligate him, and the vote should be by ballot. — G. W. C. 
T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 59. 

The reason' of the above decision is to ascertain 
whether the Lodge is willing to have the accused re- 
instated, and enjoy his former status in the Lodge. 

25. When a brother is suspended, definitely or indefi- 
nitely, for violation of Art. II., re-obligation is a neces- 
sary prerequisite for reinstatement. — N. J., 4th s., 13. 

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offence, and fails to vote any penalty by the requisite ma- 
jority, it is the duty of the W. C. T. to administer a repri- 
mand to such member as a penalty, and in case the offence 
is a violation of Art. II., to re-obligate; and a refusal to 
inflict such penalty shall be deemed a misdemeanor in 
office.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. Cal., 12th s., 
16. 

27. A brother violated Art. II., and was punished by 
Subordinate Lodge, but refused to be re-obligated in the 
highest Degree attained (Third). After a lapvse of some 
time he applied for permission to withdraw. The L. D. 
decided the member not in good standing^ because he had 
not been re-obligated in the degrees, and consequently 
could not withdraw. Was he right? 

A, No.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 47. 

28. Will the brother be obliged to be re-obligated in the 
liighest Degree attained before he can have any right to 
resign or have a clearance card ? 

A, No.— Ibid. 

29. The natural and legitimate effect of the pledge is 
to restrain the individual from using intoxicating drinks. 
So long as he keeps the pledge he is safe. If he violates 
it, although the moral obligation may remain as strong as 
ever, the lestraining power is almost entirely removed, 
and each succeeding temptation finds an easy victim. If 
the obligation is renewed, and especially if accompanied 
by appropriate remarks by the W. C. T. and prominent 
members, the restraining power is restored, and the broth- 
er is strengthened to resist future temptations ; and beside, 
the bond of fraternal feeling and confidence between the 
member and the Lodge, which was broken when his pledge 
was violated, is again restored, and his associates can again 
take him by the hand and call him brother. — Wis., 7th s., 
31. 

30. When a person has been suspended for a violation of 
the Rules and By-Laws of the Order, for any length of 
time, such person may be admitted or restored, without 
being re-obligated. — Wis., 9th s., 16. 



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• 31. E-e-obligation applies only to violation of the pledge. 
The playing of billiards in saloons is a violation of the 
law, but not the pledge. Ke-obligation is not necessary in 
such a case. — Messenger, C. W., 1867. 

32. A member who has violated his obligation, cannot 
be reinstated in good standing in the Lodge without being 
re-obligated, even though some penalty mny have been 
inflicted upon him. — Mich., 13th s., 11. Mo., 14th s., 15. 

33. A brother was charged with violation of Art. II. ; 
met committee appointed to investigate the charge, ac- 
knowledged the same, and expressed a desire to be re-obli- 
gated. Committee reported, recommending reprimand 
and re-obligation, which report was adopted. Several 
weeks elapsed, and the brother did not appear. Then a 
special committee was appointed to request the brother to 
come back. After a lapse of several weeks (during which 
time the committee reported progress and were continued) 
tiie brother was brought to the hall by the committee, 
when the W. C. T. refused to admit him, for the reason 
that the time for the brother to make his appearance, ac- 
cording to the Constitution, had expired, but stated that if 
any P. W. C. T. would admit the brother, he would vacate 
tiie chair, and allow him to do so. A motion was then made 
that Bro. A be requested to take the chair, which prevailed, 
and Bro, A ordered the brother admitted, and after being 
reprimanded he was re-obligated. Was the action of 
Bro. A right? A. Yes; although the time allowed the 
member to make his appearance for re-obligation, under 
Sec. 6, Art. VIII., had elapsed, still, as he had not been 
declared expelled, and the Lodge was willing and anxious 
to have him come back, Bro. A was right in taking the 
chair in response to the vote of the Lodge, which was va- 
cated by the W. C. T. for that purpose, and in admitting 
the brother for reprimand and re-obligation. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 17 th s., 55. 

34. When a finding of guilty is reported by a commit- 
tee of investigation, approved by the Lodge, and the 
Lodge fails to adopt the penalty, it shall then be the priv- 

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ilege of the W. C. T. to administer a reprimand in open 
Lodge.— 111., 162. 

35. But neither in tliis ease, nor when the Committee 
recommend a reprimand, can such reprimand be delegated, 
but must be given by the W. C. T. or W. V. T.— 111., 9th 
s., 10. 

36. Where a reprimand is voted by the Lodge, re-obli- 
gation should be added where the offence is violation of 
tlie pledge. The W. C. T. may, with consent of Lodge, 
request the W. V. T., W. Chap, or P. W. C. T. to give the 
reprimand. — Temp. Off., vol. 4, 4. 

37. If a Good Templar pleads guilty of violating his 
pledge, and his Lodge vote a reprimand, can the Lodge 
suspend or postpone the reprimand indefinitely ? 

A. They cannot; because such action would be equal to 
refusing to punish for violation. — G. W. C. T. Russell, 
Mich., 13th s., 18. 

38. A member is found guilty of violation of obligation, 
and the committee recommend a fine and re-obligation ; 
the member fails to come during the time allowed by the 
Constitution ; is it necessary to take a vote of the Lodge 
to suspend or expel ? A. After the expiration of the four 
weeks, the W. C. T. should have declared the member ex- 
pelled, unless he was ready to come at once and be re-obli- 
gated.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 55. 

39. A brother having violated his obligation can be 
suspended for a time, and afterward be reinstated by a 
vote of the Lodge and upon retaking the obligation. — Id., 
16th s., 23. 

40. If a member who is suspended for violation of obli- 
gation violate his obligation during said suspension, and 
charges are preferred before re-obligation, he should not 
be re-obligated until the second charges are disposed of. — • 
Wis., 16th s., 43. 

41. In case of suspension for any cause^ membership 
cannot be resumed in another Lodge and honor retained. 
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Contrary to above, all our usages and the decisions 
of all other Grand Lodges, Colorado (6th s., 9) de- 
cides that members suspended and resuming mem- 
bership in their own Lodges by reinstatement, do not 
forfeit honors. 

42. When a W. C. T. violates Art. II., and the Lodge 
determines to re-obligate him, and inflict no other punish- 
ment, he must be re-obligated in the Degrees, and he may 
then resume the discharge of the duties of his office; as it is 
suspension or expulsion that forfeits an office or honor, 
and not violation merely. In such a case he should vacate 
his seat when he makes his confession ; and while tlie 
Lodge takes action, and he is being re-obligated, the W. 
V. T. or some P. W. C. T. should preside. The same 
may be said of a L. D. violating Art. II. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 16th s., 20. 

43. The same with any officer. — G. W. C. T. Smith, Mo., 
15th s., 41. 

Contrary to above^ Illinois (18th s., 42) decides 
that an officer, having violated Art. II., been fined 
and re-obligated, forfeits his office, and that he must 
be re-elected and re-installed. 

44. If a member of a Grand Lodge violates his pledge, 
and is obligated in the Subordinate Lodge, without being 
suspended or expelled, he does not lose his standing in the 
Grand Lodge ; and if an officer in the Grand Lodge, he 
will not forfeit his office.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 9. 

45. A member who, having violated his obligation, re- 
news it without being suspended from active membership, 
does not forfeit honors previously acquired. — G. W. C. T. 
Dillingham, N. H., 49. Pa., 18th s., 47. 

46. No member can be suspended except by action of 
the Lodge; hence, on violating his obligation, he is not 
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nntil proven guilty and suspended by the Lodge. — R. W. 
G. T, Chase, 6th s.*, 9. 

47. Expelled members, and those having withdrawn, 
cannot reunite with the Order except by ballot and initia- 
tion, the same as new members; and all honors previously 
acquired are lost. — Ibid. III., 103. 

48. A member suspended for a violation of the pledge for 
a definite period must, on being reinstated, be re-obligated; 
and if he refuses, his suspension continues by his ovm con- 
sent ; if he again violate the pledge he cannot be expelled 
without a trial.— G. W. C. T. M'Murray, Pa., 14th s., 14. 
Conn., 8th s., 20. 

49. When a member has been suspended for non-pay- 
ment of dues, he cannot be reinstated without paying the 
whole amount due, but the Lodge may donate said amount 
if thought for the good of the Order. — Mich., 8th s., 15. 
Kansas, 3d s., 27. 

The Good Templar^ erroneously in our opinion, 
decides (vol. 8, 54) that a member, having remained 
under suspension for non-payment of dues for one 
ijear^ may be reinitiated. A suspended member is 
still under the jurisdiction of the Lodge, and it is 
inconsistent to initiate one who is already a member; 
besides, suspension for non-payment of dues is an 
indefinite one, removed upon payment, and if initia- 
tion is proper at the end of the year, it would inter- 
fere very much with, if not entirely thwart, the 
wholesome discipline of the system of suspensions. 
If, after a year's suspension, the member wants to 
come back, let him pay his dues ; if he will not do 
this, he is not worthy to be a member, unless too 
poor, when the Lodge can pay them out of its own 
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60. A member suspended for non-payment of dues re- 
sumes his full membership upon the payment of his ar- 
rearages, without any action of the Lodge. — Iowa, 8th s., 
25; G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. ; Conn., 9th s., 17. 

As honors previously acquired are forfeited by a 
definite or indefinite suspension, it behooves all 
members to see that they are never remiss in duty. 

The reason of this is, that the suspension in such 
cases is until his dues are paid ; hence, when they 
are paid, the term of his suspension expires by its 
own limitation. The same when the suspension is 
for a definite period, as for six months ; with the ex- 
piration of the time, ceases the suspension. But 
when a member's suspension is indefinite, it requires 
a vote of the Lodge to re-instate him. In cases of 
suspension, or the member remains under the juris- 
diction of the Lodge, if he violates his obligation, 
of course charges will be preferred against him; so 
that an unworthy member, even though he should 
pay his dues, would not thereby be re-instated. 

51. Suspension of membership on account of non-pay- 
ment of dues works a suspension of dues during the sus- 
pension of membership. — Cal., 8th s., 42. 

52. Art. 2, Sec. 8, of Pa. By-Laws means members 
suspended for violation of Art. 2 or obligation. — G. W. C. 
T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. 

53. A member cannot be legally suspended for non- 
payment of dues without official notice from the F. S. of 
arrearages of six months' standing. — Pa., 13th s., 34. 

54. A Lodge cannot admit a member suspended for 
non-payment of dues upon payment of amount of initia- 
tion, even if the Lodge has adopted a rule for such pur- 
pose, if the dues amount to more than the initiation fee. — 
Wis., 8th s., 6. 



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55. Members in arrears for dues one year and suspended, 
raay be expelled by a vote of the Lodge without the appoint' 
ment of a committee and trial, as provided in our Constitii- 
lion. 

This decision was given for the following reasons: In 
Lodges of long standing many members had been sus- 
pended for non-payment of dues, and lost all interest in 
our cause, and absented themselves from our Lodges. 
One, and in some cases, two years had elapsed, and many 
of them had left the localities of the Lodges to which they 
belonged, and many of them bringing reproach upon the 
Order. Although suspended, they were subject to the dis- 
cipline of our rules. Like the dead wood of the forest, it 
seemed necessary that they be trimmed out. — G. W. C. T. 
Giles, Wis., 8th s., 25. Kas., 10th s., 11. 

5G. Above declared law in Pa., but it is necessary to 
give the member notice of his arrearages before expul- 
sion.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 59. 

57. It would be constitutional for a Lodge to make a 
by-law expelling members for one year's arrearages. — Id. 

58. If a member who has been suspended for a definite 
time for a violation of obligation does not appear at the 
expiration of the time of suspension, and pay the dues that 
have' accrued, and be re-obligated, can such person be ex- 
pelled ? 

A. It is the duty of the F. S., in such case, to notify the 
member when the time of suspension ceases, of the amount 
he is in arrears, and request immediate payment. If the 
member does not settle his accounts with the Lodge, and 
appear for re-obligation in two weeks from the date of 
such notification, he shall be expelled for contempt. — 
AVis., 10th s., 12. 

59. If the quarterly dues of a member in Subordinate 
Lodge remain unpaid for four quarters, does it require a 
ballot of the Lodge to expel him, or is he considered ex- 
pelled without action of the Lodge? 

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60. Expulsion for non-payment of dues must be by a 
legal vote of the Lodge— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1868. 

61. Repeated applications are made by Lodges for the 
privilege of re-admitting expelled members within the 
three months fixed in the Constitution. If Lodges, instead 
6f expelling, would suspend indefinitely, which deprives 
such members of all the privileges of membership, at any 
time when it seems desirable to restore them it could be 
done by a simple vote of the Lodge ; whereas, if they 
have been expelled, they must wait three months before 
they can be re-admitted into any Lodge in our Order. — 
Id., 16th s., 20. 

62. A member six months in arrears who pays up his 
dues on the night of installation, prior to adoption of G. 
L. report, is in good standing, and his came should not 
appear on that quarter's neport as a suspended member. 
—Id., 17. 

63. If a member is suspended for non-payment of dues 
or fines, and during the time of such suspension, is charged 
with violating Art. 2, Constitution, and the charge is sus- 
tained by the Lodge, can they fine, or extend the time of 
suspension ? is it not the duty of the Lodge to expel the 
ofiender ? 

A, Suspension for non-payment of dues is an indefinite 
suspension ; and so' far as the Lodge is concerned, a full 
payment of all the arrearages re-instates without any 
action of the Lodge. A refusal to pay a fine is contempt, 
and should be dealt with as such ; but during a suspen- 
sion for non-payment of dues, the person is subject to dis- 
cipline by his Lodge, for violations of his obligation, and 
the Lodge may fine or expel. A Lodge cannot extend 
the time of suspension for non-payment of dues, it having 
no particular duration. Nor can a Lodge suspend a mem- 
ber for a definite period, for non-payment of dues, and 
when expired give him the pass-word. — Tnd., 7th s., 7. 

64. A member who has been suspended for non-pay- 
ment of dues, has no right to join another Lodge while so 



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suspended, thereby obtaining the right to a seat, as a vis- 
itor in the Lodge having so suspended him. — Wis., 4th 
s., 12. 

65. If a member who is suspended for non-payment of 
dues, violates his pledge, it is the duty of the Lodge to 
which he belongs, to prefer charges in the usual form, • 
and proceed as in other cases of violation. — Mich., 8th s., 
15. 

66. Has a Grand Lodge the right to say that members 
shall not be expelled from Subordinate Lodges for non- 
payment of dues? A. No ; none but Subordinate Lodges 
may.— E. W. G. L., 18th s., 1050. 

67. When a member dies while under suspension for 
non-payment of dues, that death should not be included 
in the quarterly returns to the Grand Lodge. — Iowa, 8th 
8., 8. 

68. W^hat relation does a member sustain toward a 
Lodge, after a charge has been preferred and sustained 
against him ? 

A. In a state of suspension from the exercise of all his 
privileges, until the Lodge has determined the punish- 
ment.— Cal., 6th 8., 25. 

69. A member confessing in open Lodge to a violation 
of obligation, is thereby so far suspended as to be deprived 
of taking part in the Lodge, until action can be taken on 
his case. And in case of such confession, charges cannot 
be preferred against the member for the offence involved 
in the confession before the Lodge take action. — G. W. C. 
T. Eussell, Mich., 13th s., 18. 

70. A Lodge has not the right to suspend a member on 
a charge upon which he has been tried and found guilty, 
and then expel him without a trial for violations com- 
mitted during the period of his suspension. — G. W. C. T. 
Eussell, Mich , 13th s., 19. 

71. G. M. M. — You submit for approval or disapproval 
the resolutions of your Lodge in the words following, to 
wit: 



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" Resolved, That after the third violation of Art. 2d, of the 
Constitution of Subordinates, the offender shall invariably be 
expelled from the Lodge. 

Resolved y That this be a part of our By-Laws, and strictly 
enforced." 

While I do not believe that the adoption of the fore- 
going resolutions would be in positive contravention of 
our Constitution, yet I do not regard such legislation as 
wise, and therefore will dissuade you from passing them, 
and will give you my reasons: 

I am disposed to regard with pity and forbearance every 
poor slave of the inebriating cup. It was for the regene- 
ration of such, as well as for the salvation of those yet 
innocent, that our Order was instituted. Our Saviour did 
not so limit the repetitions of his forgiveness, nor would 
he stop the exercise of clemency at the seventh time, or 
even the seventy and seventh time. 

Our Grand Lodge, acting upon the same merciful prin- 
ciple, has made provision by resolution for the return to 
the bosom of the Lodge, of repentant offenders against 
Art. 2d, prescribing that the Lodge may, by a two-thirds 
vote, admit to the privileges of a visitor, any member 
who may have been suspended for violation of obligation, 
and who manifests contrition for the offence. Thus the 
hallowed influences of the Lodge room are again thrown 
around him, and he feels strengthened in his purposes of 
amendment. 

I would advise, therefore, that the Lodge never inflict 
any severer penalty for violation of Art. 2d, than sus- 
pension for indefinite suspension as effectually bars an 
erring member from the Lodge room as does " expulsion," 
while the way is left open and clear for extending to him 
a helping hand, should circumstances call for the exercise 
of kindness.— G. W. C. T. Campbell, Mo., 1867. 

72. After the Lodge has voted to suspend a member, the 
motion to fix the time is debatable. — Cal., 7th s., 29. 

73. A brother, expelled or suspended by a vote of a 
Lodge, need not be brought into open Lodge to receive 
the sentence. — Iowa, 13th s., 23. 



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74. A suspended member is not released from his obli- 
gation, but subject to the discipline of his Lodge ; he is 
not permitted to visit the Lodge during the term of his 
suspension, and is not entitled to any of the privileges 
of the Order, until he is re-instated— P. G. W. C. T. 
Stewart, O. 

75. No action of the Lodge is necessary to expel mem- 
bers according to Art. 8, Sec. 6, of Constitution for Subordi- 
nate Lodges. The W. C. T. may and it is his duty to 
declare such a member expelled. — K. W. G. L., 18th s., 
1050. Id., 19th s., 98. 

76. Can a Lodge expel a member for violation of obli- 
gation, if he offers to be re-obligated within four weeks? 
A. Yes, a Lodge can expel a member for violation of 
obligation, any time it deems it best for the Order. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

77. In case of fine for violation of the obligation, the 
amount is fixed by the Lodge. — Can., vol. 24, 47. 

78. C was a member of Lodge No. A, and was sus- 
pended for non-payment of dues; whilst under suspen- 
sion, he joined Lodge No. B. Can he do so legally ? 

A, He could not ; he being a member of Lodge No. A. 

79. What should be done in case C should present him- 
self at the door of Lodge No. A as a visitor? 

^. If a majority of the members present object to his 
admission, he cannot enter. 

80. What should be done with C for imposing upon 
Lodge No. B? 

A, He should be dealt with by the Lodge. 

81. Has Lodge No. B a right to the records of No. A, 
in case of the trial of C ? 

• A. They would have right of access, but no right to 
take them from the room, without the permission of 
Lodge No. A.— Iowa, 12th s., 28. 

82. When a member makes open confession of a viol 
tion of the pledge, and the Lodge refuses to suspend 



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expel, a fine may be imposed by a majority vote. — G. W. 
C. T. Nichols, 111., 10th s., 10. 

83. When neighboring Lodges are notified of the expul- 
gion of a member, the oflence that was the ground of expul- 
sion should be stated.— G. W. C. T. Giles, Wis., 1866. 

84. The crime of desertion in the time of our country's 
peril, is a sufficient cause to justify the expulsion of a 
member. — Wis., 10th s., 12. 

85. A brother who has been fined for signing a liquor 
license, as clerk of a village, tlie G. W. C. T. having de- 
cided that it was not a violation to sign such a license, ia 
entitled to have his fine remitted. — Ibid. 

86. A vote of expulsion may be reconsidered before the 
name of the member has been erased from the Constitu- 
tion, but not afterward. — G. T., vol. 5, 29. 

87. When a committee report, 1st, charge sustained ; 
2d, in favor of a reprimand ; and, on a di\iision of the 
report, the Lodge adopting the first, but negativing the 
second, cannot then pass a resolution to suspend or expel, 
the subject matter not being before the Lodge. If the 
Lodge wished a heavier penalty, it should have amended 
the report of the Committee. — 111., 103. 

88. A Subordinate Lodge having the following By-Law, 
" Members who shall practice any vicious or immoral habit, 
which shall injure themselves or their families, and dis- 
grace this Order, shall he expelled;^' a charge for violation 
of such By-Law must specify the character or nature of 
the vicious or immoral habit complained of, as a charge 
for "immorality'' generally, cannot be sustained under 
Huch a By-Law, and such irregularity would not be waived 
by the member charged appearing and offering evidence 
in defence, if he did so under protest, giving notice and 
filing his objections or exceptions thereto. 

89. If the Committee of Investigation report guilty, and 
the Lodge fails to vote expulsion by a two-thirds vote, it 
cannot afterward vote suspension, 

90. The Lodge could not, at the following meeting, 



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upon the decision of the W. C. T., that the preceding 
vote of suspension was unconstitutional, by a ballot of 
two-thirds, vote the party charged expelled. The Lodge, 
by refusing to vote expulsion in the first instance, ex- 
hausted its power over the subject matter, and any further 
action could only be attained by a re-consideration of the 
first vote, at the same meeting. 

91. In such case, however, the W. C. T., under his gene- 
ral power to watch over, counsel and reprove wayward 
members, might administer a reprimand in open Lodge. — 
K. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 9. 

(All these last four decisions are based upon the 
By-Law fixing the penalty to be expulsion.') 

92. A brother is charged with violation of Art. 2, 
committee appointed, case investigated, and committee 
report charge sustained, and recommend expulsion. On 
a divifdon of the report, the Lodge adopts the fin^t portion, 
but reuises to expel, A motion is then made to suspend 
the brother for three months, his restoration to depend 
on his conduct during the term of suspension ; and a 
ballot being held, the motion is sustained, and the brother 
declared suspended. During suspension he is convicted of 
felony. Query: Had the Lodge, after refusing to adopt 
the committee's recommendation to expel, any right to 
suspend? and having suspended him, and the brother not 
having been re-obligated, had the Lodge any control over 
him as regards the felony? Ans. The Lodge had the 
right to suspend, after failing to secure the required vote 
to expel the brother; as the Constitution for Subordinate 
Lodges, Art. 8, Sec. 2, requires that after the accused has 
been found guilty, the Lodge shall fix upon some mode of 
'punishment. The decision of G. L. of 111. (Sec. 87), 
which would seem to conflict with such view, was made 
long before the Uniform Constitution was adopted and 
under a Constitution entirely different. It would have 
been more in accordance with parliamentary rules to have 
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expulsion, and then amended the report of the committee 
by suspension. The motion to make his re^^toration 
dependent upon his conduct during the term of suspension 
was in order, because the Lodge would have entire control 
over the member while suspended, and might prefer 
charges and expel for any offence committed during sus- 
pension. There is nothing in the decision of K. W. G. T. 
Chase (Sec. 89, 90) that conflicts with the view taken in 
this case. In that case (Sec. 89), as the law prescribing 
the punishment made it expulsion^ if the Lodge failed to 
expel it could not afterward vote any other punishment. 
— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 55. 

93. W. D. Kirkland was expelled from Alliance Lodge, 
No. 50, and appealed to Grand J^odge. The action of 
Subordinate Lodge was reversed^ and the brother restored 
to membership, *'for the reason that the records show that 
the testimony taken by the Committee was not presented 
to the Lodge after being called for ; and also that the 
committee reported a reprimand, while the Lodge expelled 
the brother, and do not show that any motion was made 
to amend the report of the committee.^' — Wis., 6th s., 34. 

94. EesoUied, That if any member shall be expelled for the vio- 
lation of Art. 2 of the Cons., the members of the Lodge to which 
he belonged, shall be permitted to reveal such action of their 
Lodge, in the community, and that official notice of the same 
shall be forwarded to as many of the sister Lodges as maj' be 
deemed expedient for the good of the Order. — Pa., 13th s., 35. 

95. A Lodge has a right to expel for violation of pledge, 
a person holding a clearance card, previous to uniting 
with another Lodge. — Mich., 12th s., 27. 

96. Also the right to cite and try a member for violation 
of pledge, who is suspended for non-payment of dues. — 
Ibid., 28. 

97. When a charge is preferred against a member, and 
a committee is appointed, which reports the charge sus- 
tained, the accused appears before the Lodge and confesses, 
would it be legal to proceed to fix the penalty, without 
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A, It would not —Mich., 12th s., 31. 

98. Hartford Lodge, No. 12, Ky., passed a resolution, 
imposing a fine upon each male member, of 20 "cents, 
who failed to attend the Lodge two meetings in succession, 
without an excuse satisfactory to the Lodge. The D. G. 
W. C. T. decided the same unconstitutional, on the ground 
that it conflicts with his duties as a Christian or citizen. 
Was he correct? 

A. The facts in this case were these: A number of 
ladies and gentlemen of the town, not connected with our 
Order, had formed what they called a Literary Club, 
where they met once a week, and drank wine, whisky, 
etc., and some of the male Good Templars absented them- 
selves from the Lodge, for the purpose of attending the 
Club. In this case there is no doubt the Lodge were right 
in adopting and enforcing the resolution ; but irrespective 
of any special conduct seeming to require such penalties, 
a Lodge would have a clear right to fine its members for 
non-attendance upon its meetings. — P. R. W. G. T. Chase, 
1867. 

99. If a member wilfully and repeatedly violates his 
obligation by drinking ardent spirits as a beverage, his 
Lodge must expel him. — 111., 7th s., 33. 

100. When a member of a Subordinate Lodge has 
been charged with violation of pledge, cited to appear for 
trial, and fails, the penalty should be inflicted for the 
contempt, and not the charge. — Iowa, 7th s., 26. 

101. A Lodge cannot expel a Deputy for an alleged 
usurpation of delegated power, before the subject matter 
of the charge shall have been laid before the G. W. C. T. 
or Grand Lodge, and his Qr their action had thereon, and 
refusal on the part of the accused, to submit to his or their 
decision in the case. — 111., 1857. 

102. When a Lodge ballots on a committee^s recom- 
mendation of charges sustained,'' that vote is final, 
unless duly appealed. If the recommendation is not 
adopted, the member is acquitted. — 111., 7th s., 33. 



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103. If a member violates his pledge while under the 
jurisdiction of another Lodge, not his own, his own Lodge 
may request such Lodge, upon due notice to appear for 
trial, to affix the penalty. — 111., 7th s., 33. 

104. In Missouri, for violation of Art. 2, of Constitution, 
but three modes of punishment are recognized by the 
Constitution, viz. : expulsion, suspension and fine ; conse- 
quently, one of the three must be inflicted, if it is proven 
that the accused is guilty. If the Lodge has decided not 
to expel or suspend, a ballot should at once be ordered to 
fix the amount of fine. And all votes taken in the trial 
of a member shall be with ball ballots. — Mo., 7th s., 5. 

The language of the Missouri Constitution is 
peculiar, thus : The Lodge shall, without motion, 
take the question on expulsion, and if lost, on sus- 
pension ; and so continue until some order of punish- 
ment is agreed to by a two-third vote hence this 
decision, differing from others. 

105. It is necessary to vote by ballot to expel a member 
for contempt. — Wis., 9th s., 7. 

106. A Lodge having decided against expulsion, and 
in favor of suspension, had no right to entertain a motion 
to make that suspension equivalent to expulsion ; nor 
could they, without an equal violation of parliamentary 
law, overleap the vote on suspension, to reach,- reconsider, 
and reverse, as they did, the vote on expulsion. — Mo., 1 1th 
8., 7. 

In this ease the question on expulsion was taken 
and lost. Then the question on suspension was 
taken and carried. Next, a motion to make that 
suspension stand for ever was made, but withdrawn 
to give place to a motion to reconsider the vote on 
expulsion, which was accomplished, and the ques- 
tion again taken on expulsion, and carried affirm- 
atively. 



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107. If a member is expelled from a Subordinate 
Lodge, and appeals from said action to the Grand Lodge, 
such member is not entitled to the privileges of the Order 
while such appeal awaits the action of the Grand Lodge. 
— R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 14. G. W. C. T. Way, Ind., 
13th 8., 7. 

108. If an officer or past officer of a Grand Lodge 
should be expelled for any act whatever, and remove to 
another State, and at once become a member of a Lodge 
in said State, would his reception be legal, and if so, 
could he take a seat in the E.. W. G. Lodge without first 
becoming a member of the Grand Lodge of said State? 

Decided. — If the Lodge receiving him was ignorant 
that he was an expelled member, his reception would be 
legal so far as to make him a member of the Order, but 
lie would be liable to be dealt with at once, and subject 
to the same penalty as for any violation of his obliga- 
tion ; but as by his expulsion he forfeited all honors 
previously acquired, he could not take a seat in tlie K. 
W. G. Lodge, without first becoming a member of the 
Grand Lodge of said State.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 8th s., 7. 

109. The mere preference of a charge against a Lodge 
of which a Grand Officer is a member, does not suspend 
such Officer, nor prevent him from filling and performing 
his duties as such Officer. 

110. A Subordinate Lodge having the following Article 
in its Constitution, viz. : " When any commitee report the 
charge sustained, the offending person shall be fined, rep- 
rimanded, suspended or expelled, as the majority of the 
Lodge, at a regular meeting, may determine," would have 
a right to inflict both fine and suspension, or both fine 
and reprimand, as a penalty for the violation of obligation. 

The whole spirit of our laws and usages is to inflict 
such penalties as shall restore the offender, and work a 
wholesome restraint a'gainst future violations ; and if a 
Lodge deems the ends of justice and the object of onr 
system of punishment better attained by the infliction of 
both a short suspension and small fine, than either alonc^ 



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it may do so— E. W. G. T. Chase, 9th s., 9. N. Y., 8th 
8., 12. 

111. "When a member has violated his obligation, or 
any of the laws of the Order, and confesses his fault to 
the W. C. T., or a committee, and requests it not to be 
brought before the Lodge, is there any way in which it 
may be finally disposed of without coming before the 
Lodge r 

A member violating " his obligation or the laws of the 
Order,'^ has offended against and wronged his Lodge; 
and no other power than the Lodge can deal with the 
offence. — 0., 14th s., 45. 



Perpetuity of the Pledge. 

1. The Initiatory Obligation in our Order is perpetual, 
but Subordinate Lodges have no control over parties 
withdravm from the Order. — R. W. G. L., 3d s., 284, and 
4th s., 27. 

The question of the perpetuity of the Pledge has 
given rise to much earnest and able discussion in 
our Order, in Subordinate and Grand Lodges, as well 
as the R. W. Grand Lodge. Perhaps no question 
has elicited more feeling ; and certainly none can be 
more important. The pledge of total abstinence is,' 
after all, the essence of the whole thing; and to re- 
strain men from breaking it, when once made, should 
be our end and aim. Hence we cannot throw around 
our members too many safeguards, nor cherish too 
sacredly the pledge we take to abstain from all that 
can intoxicate. Around the youth, especially, is our 
Order designed to throw its protecting shield ; hence 
persons assuming the Good Templar's obligation 
should be fully impressed with a sense of its sacredr- 
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ness and perpetuity — that tliey are not obligations 
to be taken on and laid olF at pleasure, but run 
parallel with the whole being, and last during our 
whole mortal career. 

Once a temperance man, always a temperance 
man, is the only safe principle for any of us ; but 
especially dangerous to him who has the habit 
fastened upon him, would be the idea that his pledge 
was only binding while it was his pleasure to ab- 
stain. Happily, then, our pledge is perpetual; and 
should we rest upon any less firm or secure basis, the 
very first temptation presented to the former in- 
ebriate would carry him far beyond the reach of 
mortal aid, and thus thwart the high and noble 
objects for which w^e are banded together. 

Platform. 

1. Total abstinence from all intoxicating liquors as a 
beverage. 

2. No license in any form, or under any circumstances, 
for the sale of liquors, to be used as a beverage. 

3. The absolute prohibition of the manufacture, impor- 
tation and sale of intoxicating liquors for such purposes — 
prohibition by the will of the people, expressed in due 
form of law, with the penalties deserved for a crime of 
such enormity. 

4. The creation of a healthy public opinion upon the 
subject, by the active dissemination of truth, in all the 
modes known to an enlightened philanthropy. 

5. The election of good honest men to administer the 
laws. 

6. Persistence in efforts to save individuals and com- 
munities from so direful a scourge, against all forms of 



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opposition and difficulty, until our success is complete and 
universal —E. W. G. L., 5th s., 37. 

7. Whereas, This R. W. Grand Lodge has repeatedly 
affirmed, in its platform of principles, its unalterable de- 
votion to the objects of prohibition ; therefore, 

Resolved, That, in the opinion of the R. W. Grand 
Lodge, the education of the people is all that is required 
to carry the principle triumphantly, and for this pur- 
pose the surest and most ready means is, for temperance 
men to act politically, and carry this subject immediately 
to the ballot-box.— R. W. G. L., 11th s., 50. 

8. Whereas, There are physicians at the present day, 
who freely prescribe spirituous and malt liquors in their 
practice, contrary to the testimony of the ablest medical 
men and chemists of this and former times ; and 

Whereas, Such practices have become so prevalent 
that drinking habits and customs are being created and 
revived, under the specious and deceptive terms of 
tonics," panaceas," ** cordials," etc.; therefore, 
Resolved, That as representatives of the sentiment of 
the Good Templars of this continent, we cannot too 
strongly reprobate these customs, and disavow entirely 
the idea of alcohol possessing medicinal virtues, in what- 
ever form presented. — R. W. G. L., 10th s., 57. 

9. To what does the following resolution, which was 
adopted by the R. W. G. L., at its last session, refer, and 
to what does it commit us as an Order ? 

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this R. "W. G. Lodge, the 
education of the people is all that is required to carry this 
principle triumphantly, and for this purpose the surest and 
most ready means is, for the temperance men to act politically, 
and carry this subject immediately to the ballot-box. 

A, It commits the Order to no new policy ; it simply 
means that, other qualifications being equal, the friends 
of temperance reform should be supported by temperance 
men, with their votes. — Cal., 6th s., 22. 



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P. W. Chief Templars. 

1. A P. W. C. T. appointed during the first quarter's 
existence of a Lodge, is not entitled to the honors, as no 
member can, in the proper meaning of the term, be a Past 
Worthy who has not been a Worthy Chief. — Can., vol. 6, 20. 
Mo., 72. 

2. It is necessary for a W. C. T. to have filled a full 
term to entitle him to retain his honors, and become a P. 
W. C. T., or the balance of a term when the W. C. T. has 
resigned, and his successor is elected and installed for the 
remainder of the term. Also, that any W. C. T. resign- 
ing his seat cannot retain the honors and become a P. W. 
C. T.— Can., vol. 18, 9. N. Y., 5th s., 8. 

Michigan Grand Lodge has decided (6th s., 16) 
that an appointed P. W. C. T., at the institution of 
a new Lodge, is entitled to the honors ; but such de- 
cision is erroneous. 

3. The senior P. W. C. T. of a Lodge is the one whose 
completed term of service as W. C. T. dates farthest back, 
regardless of what Lodge he raav have served in that ca- 
pacity.— K. W. G. T. Eussell, 19th s., 16. 

4. A P. W. C. T. joining a new Lodge at its organization 
on clearance card is the Senior P. W. C. T, in that Lodge, 
as honors once acquired in Lodge are not affected by a 
transfer of membership on card, and no other member has 
vet acquired the honor in the new Lodge. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 18th s., 46. E. W. G. L., 18th s., 1050. 

5. In the institution of a new Lodge, the instituting 
officer appoints a P. W. C. T. for the current term. — Id., 
44. 

6. An appointed P. W. C. T. the first term of a Lodge, 
has no more right to preside in a Lodge in the absence of 
the regular officers than any Third Degree members pres* 
ent.— Cal., 7th s., 28. 

7. Has a P. W. C. T. a right to the Chair in the ab- 



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sence of the W. C. T. and W. V. T., he being clear on the 
books and in good standing, and not having received the 
pass-word from the W. C. T. ? Can he initiate candidates 
and give the pass-word under such circumstances ? 
A. He cannot. 

8. A P. W. C. T. called to the Chair, in the absence of 
the W. C. T., has all the powers and privileges of the W. 
C. T.— Can., vol. 12, p. 46. 

9. A P. W. C. T. in the Chair, by invitation, during 
initiation, has the right to communicate the P. W. — Q. W. 
C. T. Dillingham, N. H., 2d s., 35. 

Yes, and any other W. C. T.pro tern. 

10. In case the chair of the W. C. T. becomes vacant 
at the close of his term of office, the acting P. W. C. T. 
is not entitled to hold his seat for the ensuing quarter. — 
Can., vol. 12, 46. 

11. But the Junior P. W. C. T. present at each meeting 
is acting P. W. C. T. And it is the same when the W. C. 
T. is re-elected for one or more terms. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 17th s., 55. 

12. An acting P. W. C. T. cannot resign.— G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 18th s., 45. 

13. In Art. VI., Sec. 1, Sub. Lodge Constitution, the 
words, ^'next in seniority'' mean the one next preceding 
the acting P. W. C. T. 

14. A P. W. C. T. is such by virtue of a constitutional 
provision, and an election to that office, direct, bv tlie Lodge, 
would be out of order.— R. W. G. T. Russell, 18th s., 982. 

15. One serves a full terra as W. C. T., is re-elected, but 
resigns his position as W. C. T. during the second term. 
Would he in such case be entitled to the chair of the P. 
W. C. T. ? A. Yes.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

16. In case the chair of the P. W. C. T. is vacated, and 
there is no P. W. C. T. present, any Third Degree mem- 
ber can be appointed. — Ind., 5th s., 33. 



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Yes, and if no Third Degree member is present, 
any member can be appointed. 

17. A W. C. T., on the night of his installation, cannot 
appoint a P. W. C. T. for the current term, the last W. C. 
T. having removed from the place. — Mich., 6th s., 6. 

The P. W. C. T.'s chair can only be filled from 
meeting to meeting. It is an honorary position, and, 
when vaca^it, the Junior P. W. C. T. present occu- 
pies the Past Worthy's chair. If no P. W. C. T. 
is present, the W. C. T. appoints some one to fill it 
for the evening merely. During the first quarter of 
a Lodge's existence, it is filled by appointment made 
by the G. W. C. T. or his Deputy. 

18. It is not proper for the P. W. C. T. to recognize the 
salutation of a member on entering, who is without re- 
galia; nor should he ever recognize more than one mem- 
ber at a time.— R. W. G. T. Hastings, 13th s., 9. G. W. 
C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 19. Mich., 14th s., 42. 

19. What is meant by that portion of the P. W. C. T.'s 
duties in the Ritual, contained in the words, " and see that 
members are properly clothed in regalia" ? Does this 
necessarily refer to the kind of regalia, as Second or Third 
Degree, G. L. or R. W. G. L. regalia, or the initials on 
such regalia? 

A. The words "properly clothed," evidently mean 
clothed in the regalia the person saluting, has a right to 
wear as a Good Templar.— R. W. G. L., 19th s., 102. 

20. A P. W. C. T. is a recognized officer of the Subor- 
dinate Lodge, and is liable to be fined as other oflScers. — 
R. W. G. T. Orne, loth s., 9. 

21. A visiting member, being admitted by the G. un- 
challenged, without giving his name and the name and 
number of his Lodge, is it proper for the P. W. C. T. to 
challenge him when the visitor presents himself with the 
Balutation ? 



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279 



A, Strictly and legally speaking, it is, but we are dis- 
posed to criticise the taste of doing it, as it would gener- 
ally result in great embarrassment to the visitor. After 
the visitor has taken a seat, the P. W. C. T. can go and 
greet him, and quietly ascertain the facts which should 
have been given to the Guard. — P. E. W. G.JT. Chase, 
1868. 

22. It is right to salute the W. C. T. upon entering the 
Lodge when the P. W. C. T. is out.— Conn., 3d s., 28. 

23. A P. W. C. T. having withdrawn from a Lodge, and 
at the next meeting his name not having been stricken 
from the roll, asked permission to withdraw his resigna- 
tion from the Order, which was granted by the Lodge, 
ileld that the Lodge acted correctly, and the P. W. C. T. 
can retain his seat as P. W. C. T. In permitting him to 
withdraw his resignation from the Order the Lodge 
treated him as though his membership had never ceased, 
and of course he forfeited none of his honors. — G. W. C. 
T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 20. 

24. Where there is a by-law requiring officers to ask 
permission of the W. C. T. if they wish to retire from the 
Lodge during session, it is the duty of the P. W. C. T. 
acting to ask such permission. 

The Ritual and usages of our Order recognize and make 
necessary the position of P. W. C. T., and the person fill- 
ing it, whether a P. W. C. T. or member, is called the 
acting P. W. C. T., and, as such, has certain prescribed 
duties, and is clothed with all the authority necessary for 
the successful discharge of such duties. 

During the session of the Lodge he, alike with all the 
officers of the Lodge, is subject to a by-law whicli forbids 
officers retiring from the Lodge, previous to its close. 
P>en in the absence of a by-law upon the subject, neither 
the P. W. C. T. nor any officer has a right to retire dur- 
ing the session without the consent of the W. C. T. 

The presiding officer of any organization is made re- 
sponsible for the success of its meetings ; and the corps of 
officers are but so many agents to assist him in the dis- 



QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS. 



charge of his duties. Each position in a Lodge room has 
Bome duty assigned to it, the prompt and faithful discharge 
of which is essential to the efficient working of such 
Lodge. For any officer or person acting in any position 
of trust in a Lodge room to leave during a session without 
the consent of the W. C. T., whose eyes should ever be on 
the whole Lodge, is an act of discourtesy toward that offi- 
cer, a breach of all correct rules of parliamentary law, 
and would mar greatly the beauty and harmony of the 
workings of the Lodge, and hence endanger the success 
of our organization. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 17. 

25. A charge was preferred against a P. W. C. T. for 
non-performance of duty, in not preferring a charge 
against a brother, when applied to by a member of the 
same Lodge, and he was suspended. The Grand Lodge 
reversed this action, on ground there is no law of our Or- 
der requiring a P. W. C. T. to prefer a charge, when, in 
his opinion, the good of the Order does not require it. — 
111., 8th s., 48. 

26. A P. W. C. T. who is ex officio prosecutor, cannot act 
as one of the Committee of Investigation. — Ibid, 



Qualification of Officers. 

1. A member belonging to, or serving upon a standing 
committee for one or more regular terms, is not thereby 
made eligible to the office of W. C. T. ; a committee not 
being a subordinate office in a constitutional sense. — Pa., 
3d3.,20. Ind., 7th s., 9. 

2. A member gaining honors in one Lodge, and trans- 
ferring membership to another, does not forfeit those 
honors while his standing remains good. — P. G. W. C. T. 
Huwley, Wis., 2d s. a. s., 19. 

Hence, a member having served the constitution- 
ally required time in a subordinate office, in one 
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another, is eligible to the office of W. C. T., without 
any previous service in a subordinate capacity, upon 
his producing satisfactory evidence to the Lodge of 
such service. 

3. The office of Trustee is not snch an office as would 
entitle one to the office of W. C. T. — Ind., 7th s., 12. 

4. A member is not eligible to more than one office at 
one time. — Wis., 4th s., 31. 

5. All officers can hold their office as long as the Lodge 
chooses to elect them. — Wis., 6th s., 22. 

6. The office of F. S. and W. T. cannot be filled by the 
same member. — 111., 8th s., 12. 

7. The Grand Lodge of California adopted the follow- 
ing, as an addition to Sec. 5 of Art. 6, of Constitution of 
Subordinate Lod<;es: "No male member shall be eligible 
to the office of W. C. T. or W. V. T., who is under 20 
years of age; and no female shall be eligible to said office, 
who is under 16 years of agje.'' 

'rtie adoption of this amendment was appealed from, 
on the ground that the R. W. G. Lodge gives Subordinate 
Lodges the right to receive into full membership persons 
who have attained to the age of 12 years; that old and 
young, male and female, are granted the same privileges, 
and are eligible to any office. 

The action of the Grand Lodge of California in this 
case is sustained. Grand Lodges have full power to pre- 
scribe the age at which, and terms upon which, members 
shall hold office. The usages of the Order only fix the 
least minimum age of eligibility to membership at twelve 
years. Grand Lodges may and do, in many cases, if not 
most, fix it above that age; they could not below. Many 
Grand Lodges, with the approval of the R. W. G. L., 
liave made a distinction between the sexes, fixing the 
minimum age of male, say at seventeen, and female, say at 
fifteen years. If they can do this, there is nothing to 
prevent their making the attainment of a ceriain age a 
qualification for office.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 9th a., 10. 



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8. Only officers wlio serve to the end of a term (no 
matter when elected), are entitled to the honors of the 
office. Officers who resign can claim no honors. — Ibid. 

9. The term of service required under Sec. 2, Art. V., is 
to be construed in consonance wdth Sec. 4, Art. V. : hence 
tlie member holding the office at the close of the term, 
has served ''one term,'^ within the meaning of ihe Con- 
stitution, and hence eligible to W. C. T. or W. V. T. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 45. 

10. If a person not eligible to the chair of W. C. T., 
from the fact that he has not held any other office, should 
be elected, installed and serve through the term, would 
such service render him eligible for the succeeding term? 

A. Yes. Having been installed, he becomes entitled to 
the office, and having served through the term, is entitled 
to the honors of the office.— G. W. C. T. Nichols, 111., 18th 
s., 8. 

11. Only G. L. officers, Past officers, Representatives 
and Past Representatives are eligible to office in a Grand 
Lodge.— R. W. G. L., 957. 

12. In Art. 5, Sec. 2, where the word "term" is used, 
it means full term ; hence where a Lodge was instituted 
on the first Tuesday in May, 1868, that Section takes effi?ct 
for the quarter commencing May 1st, 1869. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 16th s., 19. 

13. Is it necessary for a member of our Order to apply 
and pay for the degrees previous to election, in order to 
render him eligible to the office of W. 0. T. or W. V. T.? 

A, It is not, unless it is a positive provision of the 
Constitution of the Lodge where the question arises that 
he should do so. 

14. Can he apply for and take the degrees after election 
and be installed? 

A, Yes, if there is no constitutional provision in the 
way, and there is time and opportunity for him to do so.^ 
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should be understood that there is time and opportunity 
for applying for, and having the degrees conferred before 
the time for installation, and that the person, if elected, 
will procure the degrees. 

15. What construction shall we place upon Art. 10, 
page 95, Chase's Digest, 6th ed.? 

A, Construe in harmony with the decision given above. 

The decision in the Digest says a person who has 
applied and paid for the degrees, and not taken them, 
may be elected, etc., but it does not say that they cannot 
be elected unless they have applied and paid for them. I 
understand the essential thing to be that tlie person must 
be in legal possession of the degrees at the time they are 
required to be installed into office. — R. W. G. T. Hastings, 
14th 8., 11. 



Regalia. 

1. The Rosette of our Order is the same upon all Re- 
galia, whether Initiate, Degree, Grand Lodge or R. W. 
Grand Lodge ; hence, initiate members are entitled to 
wear the same Rosette as the highest officer in our Order. 
— R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 11. 

2. All Subordinate Lodges must have some kind of 
regalia, and a simple rosette is not a regalia. — Wis., 2d s. 
a. s., 18. 

3. A scarf is not a regalia.— G. W. C. T. Carr, 111., 13th 
8., 16. 

4. It is not proper or right to sit in Lodge during ses- 
sions, without wearing proper regalia. — 111., 9th s., 32. 

5. A G. W. C. T. or W. C. T. has no right to permit a 
member to sit in his Lodge with any other regalia (in 
whole or part) than that prescribed by R. W. G. Lodge. 
The penalty for non-performance of duty in this respect, 
is, he is liable to charge and such punishment, if con- 
victed, as the Lodge directs.— Mass., 187. 



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6. When a member is sitting in Lodge without regalia, 
the P. W. C. T. should instruct the Marshal or Deputy to 
furnish the member with it. — G. W. C. T. Brandt, Iowa, 
18th s., 7. 

7. A brother enters a Lodge with his regalia slung on his 
arm, salutes, is recognized and takes his seat, la thia 
correct ? 

A. No.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 44. 

8. Has a W. C. T. a right to compel a member to wear 
the regalia over the shoulders? 

A. The shape of our regalia and usage indicate how it 
should be worn, and the W. C. T. has the right to compel 
members to wear it in such usual manner. — Id., 46. 

9. When officers' regalia is placed at the seats before the 
Lodge is called to order, officers entering afterward should 
put on private regalia, until recognized by the P. W. C. T., 
and then change on arriving at their seats. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

10. Is a member, sitting in the Lodge room, refusing 
or neglecting to put on regalia, entitled to vote or take 
part in the proceedings of the Lodges; and would a bal- 
lot, taken when a number of the members are not clothed, 
be legal ? 

A. Legally, this question should be answered in the 
negative ; yet there are times when a Lodge has no regalia, 
and this should be an exception. If the Lodge has regalia, 
every member being allowed to take his seat, should put 
one on. The duty of the W. C. T. and W. V. T. requires 
them to see that all members, before taking part in pro- 
ceedings, should be properly clothed. — Iowa, 8th s., 38. 

IL It is not proper for Good Templars to appear on 
public occasions, clothed in regalia, except by permission 
of the G. W. C. T. or his Deputy, except on funeral occa- 
sions, when tlie action of the Lodge should govern. — 
Wis., 7th s., 8. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1868. 

12. It is right and proper to wear our regalia on all 
funeral occasions of our deceased members, if not contrary 



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to the wishes of the friends of deceased. — N. Y., 1st s., 
21. 

13. When worn on funeral occasions, it should be 
draped in mourning. — G. W. C. T. Chase, JPa., 20th s. 

14. Third Degree Regalia, fully trimmed, is a purple 
collar of the required shape and size, trimmed with the 
rosette and gilt lace and fringe. It may, however, have 
additional trimming, such as embroidery, stars and tassels, 
at the option of the wearer. The words, " the quality and 
amount of trimming shall be left to the taste or option of 
Lodges or members," in last paragraph of Sec. 5, Art. 18, 
K. W. G. L. By-Laws, refer to all of that section which 
precedes them. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 55. 

15. Can Degree members be compelled to wear initi- 
atory regalia in Subordinate Lodge ? A. All members 
can be compelled to wear initiatory regalia in Subordinate 
Lodge if they have no other. — Ibid. 

16. Can officers of Subordinate Lodge wear Degree re- 
galia with the title of their subordinate office on the left 
breast? A. They cannot. — Ibid. 

17. Has a W. C. T. a right to wear a Third Degree re« 
galia while occupying the chair in Subordinate Lodge? 
A. Strictly speaking, not. The proper regalia for sub- 
ordinate officers being scarlet, with lace or fringe, any 
member, to whatever Degree he may have attained, hold- 
ing a subordinate office, should be clothed in the regalia 
of the office. Sec. 5, Art. 18, R. W. G. L. By-Laws, ap- 
plies to members, not officers. — Ibid. 

18. Officers of Degree Temples may wear stars upon 
their regalia ; it is not necessary. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
16th s., 16. 

19. The regalia of Grand Lodge members shall bear 
TWO stars on each side, with a wreath on the left side in- 
closing the initials of office and a wreath on the right side 
inclosing the number of Subordinate Lodge. The officers* 
regalia to bear three stars on each side with a wreath on 
the left side inclosing the initials of office, and on the 



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right side a wreath inclosing the initials of the State.— 
Conn., 4th s., 36. 

20. No one shall be allowed to sit in this Grand Lodge 
without appropriate regalia. — Id. 

21. A Third Degree member of a Subordinate Lodge, 
not a member of Grand Lodge, has no right to wear a 
Grand Lodge regalia. — Mass., 215. 

22. Has a Subordinate Lodge a right to pass the follow?- 
ing resolution ? 

Besolved, That hereafter, for the preservation of the regalia, 
the M. be directed to collect the regalia during the singing of 
the closing Ode. 

A. No ; but a Lodge might pass and execute a resolu- 
tion that the regalia should be collected by the M. directly 
after the closing service by the C. and before the gavel 
sounds the adjournment, and the W. C. T. can hold the 
Lodge standing until the regalia can be collected. — G. W. 
0. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 56. 

23. A resolution was passed in a Lodge to procure 
thirty pieces of Degree regalia. The object was to have 
a uniformity of Third Degree regalia, and also to get them 
cheaper by the quantity, as each one was to pay for his 
own. Two weeks after the resolution was passed, and the 
minutes adopted, the L. D. declared the resolution out of 
order, and of no effect. Is not his decision out of order, 
and the resolution legal ? A, Yes. — Ibid. 

24. Where a Subordinate Lodge has surrendered or 
forfeited its charter, the Grand Lodge has no right to the 
regalia of such Lodge, purchased by them, independent 
of the Grand Lodge; and any demand from a Grand 
Lodge officer upon a Subordinate Lodge having so sur- 
rendered or forfeited its charter, is without authority. — 
R. W. G. T. Chase, 5tli s., 18. 

25. Nor has it any control of any of its property, other 
than the Rituals and Cards, containing the priv.ate work. 
— R. W. G. T. Hastings, 14th s, 12. 



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Representatives. 

1. It ifl the number of members belonging to a Lodge 
at the time of the election of Representatives, and not the 
number at the time of meeting of the Grand Lodge, that 
determines the number of votes in this Grand Lodge. — 
Mich., 12th s., 35. 

2. A Lodge cannot withdraw the credentials of a Repre- 
sentative or Alternate, so long as he remains a member 
of that Lodge. — Ibid. 

3. A Subordinate Lodge has no power to revoke the 
credentials of a Representative to the Grand Lodge, be- 
fore the year for which he was elected, if he continues a 
member in good standing. — R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th 
8., 12. 

4. Representatives in our Order cannot appoint sub- 
Btiiutes. — Wis., 5th s., 42. 

5. Nor can a Subordinate Lodge authorize them to do 
80.— Mich., 8th s., 16. 

6. A member of a Subordinate Temple (Lodge) may 
represent, as proxy, two Temples in the county in which 
he resides, in this Grand Temple, even though he is not a 
member of either of them. — Can., vol, 20, 59. 

The Uniform Constitution, Art. 1, Sec. 5, for- 
bids this. 

7. If, for any cause, the post of Representative becomes 
vacant, and the Constitution of the Grand Lod^ije provides 
no way in which to fill the vacancy, the G. W. C. T., G. 
W. C. and G. W. S., may fill such vacancy, and proof of 
that fact shall entitle the Representative so appointed to 
a seat in the R. W. G. L.— R. W. G. L., 12th s., 40. 

8. The construction of the clause in Art. 1, Sec. 5, G. 
L. Constitution (ante 30), " If the Lodge fail to elect its 
representatives at the regular time, or if vacancies, or a 
Lodge is entitled to additional representatives previous to 
any session, an election may be had at any regular meet- 



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ing within four weeks of puch se.^sion," is that such eleo- 
i'uin must take place within four weeks or during the 
twenty-eight days next immediately preceding tlie session, 
and at no other time. — R. W. G. L., 791. 

9. A Representative, who is also a Grand Officer, can 
only cast one vote in the character of Representative, and 
not two — one as Representative and one as Grand Officer. 
— R. W. G. L., 877. 

10. A person elected Representative to G. L. is not en- 
titled to any privileges of G. L. members until after he 
has taken the G. L. Degree, nor even to wear the regalia 
of a member of the G. L. — Conn., 6th s., 47. 

11. Subordinate Lodges have power to elect one substi- 
tute or proxy for each Representative to the Grand Lodge; 
but the substitutes cannot be admitted to seats in the 
Grand Lodge, except in the absence of the principals. — 
G. W. C. T. Hastings, Wis., 7th s., 7. Conn., 4th s., 45. 
Pa., 13th s., 34. 

12. If the regular Representative is not present at the 
opening of the G. L., and the alternate receives the Grand 
Lodge Degree, does the regular Representative, on his ar- 
rival, assume the functions of his office and disqualify the 
alternate from acting? A. When an alternate Representa- 
tive is admitted and qualified, which can only be done in 
the absence of the regular Representative, he becomes the 
Representative in name and fact, and is clothed with all 
the powers of a Re})resentative ; and when the regular 
Representative arrives, he assumes none of the functions 
of the Representative, and does not disqualifv such alter- 
nate from acting.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 56. 

13. If a Representative leaves before the close of the 
sessions of Grand Lodge, his alternate, who is already a 
member of this body, takes his place until the close of the 
session, provided said Representative has the consent of 
the Grand Lodge so to leave. — Conn., 9th s., 44. 

14. A regular Representative to the Grand Lodge failed 
to be present at the Grand Lodge session in 1870, a,nd an 



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alternate was present and qualified in his place. In 1871, 
the said regular Representative attends the Grand Lodge 
session, and demands the Grand Lodge Degree on the 
ground of being a Past Representative, which was refused 
by the G. W. C. T., but overruled by the Grand Lodge. 
The R. W. G. L. sustained G. W. C. T. and reversed the 
Grand Lodge.— R. W. G. L^ 18th s., 982. 

15. A Subordinate Lodge increasing its membership 
during the quarter in which a session of the Grand Lodge 
is held, so as to entitle it to an additional Representa- 
tive to the number to which it was entitled at its last 
quarterly report, and selects such Representative four 
weeks before the session of the Grand Lodge, is such 
Lodge required by our laws to pay an increase of dues to 
the Grand Lodge before the end of the quarter, to entitle 
such additional Representative to a seat in tlie Grand 
Lod^e.. A. No.— Id., 1050. 

16.. When the Constitution requires a biennial election 
of Representatives to the Grand Lodge, the status of 
membership in the Subordinate Lodge which governs the 
election, must continue to determine the number of repre- 
sentatives to which the Lodge is entitled during the next 
two years.— R..W. G. T. Russell, 18th s., 984. 

II. The Gj-and Lodge of Missouri, at its annual, session 
in 1870, a/ioptedjhe Uniform Code. Under the previous 
Constitution, it was provided that Representatives to the 
Grand Lodge shouId.be elected at least thirty days before 
the anmiai session, to serve for one year. A special ses- 
sion i& contemplated. Would a new election of Repre- 
sentatives be necessary for such session ; and, if not, what 
law would govern the choice of Representatives in new 
Lodges organized since the annual session ? 

The Representatives chosen for one year,, under the old 
Constitution, would continue as the Representatives of 
their respective Lodges at the special session. Lodges 
organized since the annual session would elect Representa- 
tives in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 5, Art. I, 
of the Constitution for Grand Lodges. 
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(2.) Will a Lodge organized previous to the last annual 
Bession, and which has been reduced in membership since 
that time, lose any portion of its representation at the 
special session ? 

A. No.— R. W. G. T. Orne, 899. 

18. A Subordinate Lodge, instituted but four days pre- 
\vious to the session of the Grand Lodge, has a right to 
he represented in said Grand Lodge. — Wis., 4th s., 23. 

Yes, and if instituted only one day prior to such 
session of the Grand Lodge, unless otherwise pro- 
vided for in G. L. Constitution. 

19. The expenses of the Grand Representatives to R. 
W. G. L. shall be paid by the Grand Lodge which they 
represent. The bills for such expenses shall be audited 
by the R. W. G. L., and the amount thus audited shall be 
credited to the Grand Lodge represented, on the annual 
tax due from such Grand Lodge to the R. W. G. L., pro- 
vided that no Grand Lodge shall be credited, in any one 
year, an amount larger than the annual tax due the R, 
W. G. L. for such year.— R. W. G. L., 8th s., 20. 

20. Third Degree Members, who have not passed the 
chair of W. C. T. or W. V. T., are eligible to seats in a 
Grand Lodge, and to hold office, and all members of a 
Grand Lodge, whether Representatives or not, may hold 
office.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th 9. 

That is, provided the Grand Lodge Constitution 
does not make passing the chairs a requisite for a 
seat in such body. 

2L In case a regularly chosen Representative to the R. 
W. G. Lodge, was a member of a Lodge forfeiting its char- 
ter, if he was one of the offending members, he would be 
out of the Order in the condition of an expelled member, 
with all honors forfeited. If, on the other hand, he op- 
posed the improper action of the Lodge, and sustained the 
principles of the Order, and took the earliest opportunity 



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to unite with Pome other Lodge, he would retain all his 
honors, including the right to act as a Representative to the 
R. W. Grand Lodge, he having the certiticate from the G. 
vS., provided by the law of the Order —R. W. G. L., 12th 
8, 9. 

For form of Certificate, see under Forms. 

22. The authority of Delegates from Subordinate Lodges 
to a convention called for the purpose of organizing a 
Grand Lodge, ceases at the close of the session of such 
organized Grand Lodge, and the Subordinate Lodges 
within such jurisdiction should elect Representatives regu- 
larly for the next session of such Grand Lodge. The 
Delegates to conventions called for the purpose of organiz- 
ing Grand Lodges are frequently informally chosen, and 
as soon as a Grand Lodge is acting under a regularly 
adopted Constitution, Representatives should be chosen in 
accordance therewith.— P. R. W. G. T. Chase, 1865, to G. 
W. S. of N.Y. 



Ritual. 

1. No form laid down in the Ritual as a portion of the 
initiatory ceremony, can be omitted, where such form 
conflicts with the religious or conscientious convictions of 
the candidates. Our forms are not intended to conflict 
with any religious or reasonabfe conscientious convictions, 
and our only safety as an order lies in their careful pres- 
ervation. If a candidate may object to a certain form, 
from conscientious convictions, a whole Lodge may do the 
same, and by a deliberate vote, omit it altogether. Con- 
victions may be, al-so, hostile to other forms, and each 
may be omitted, one by one, by different candidates and 
Lodges, until all the forms prescribed by the Ritual are 
entirely disregarded. -R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 11, N. 
Y., 6th s., 8. Neb., 1872, Can., vol. 23, 74. 

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nor can it dispense with all or any part of the opening or 
closing ceremonies. — R. W. G. L., 18th s., 1055. 

3. Our Constitution requires a strict observance of the 
system of arrangement laid down in the Eitual. — Can., 
vol. 19, 41. 

4. The Ritual of our Order cannot be nsed in opening 
public temperance meetings. — Can., vol. 12, p. 13. 

5. A Lodge forfeits its Charter when it strikes from the 
Ritual or pledge the word cider. — 111., 7th s., 32. Can., 
vol. 14, 13. 

6. A committee appointed to draft a new Ritual, made 
a report, in which they had stricken out one Degree 
entirely; and the question being on the adoption of the 
report, R. W. G. T. Chase decided, that, under Art. 1, 
Sec. 5, of our Constitution, it would require a four-fifths 
vote to adopt the report and make it the Ritual of the 
Order. An appeal was taken from this decision, on 
ground that the appointment of the committee was con- 
stitutional, the R. W. G. T. having previously decided 
that the minutes showed a unanimous vote on the appoint- 
ment of the committee ; and on call of the yeas and nays, 
the decision of the R. W. G. T. was reversed by the Lodge. 
— R. W. G. L., 5th s. 

7. A candidate refusing to answer the question, " Do 
you believe in the existence of Almighty God?" or 
answering the same in the negative, must retire from the 
ante-room, and cannot beccftue a member of our Order. — 
R. W. G. T. Chase, 9th s. 

8. It is a violation of our obligation to show the con- 
tents of our Rituals and Degree books to outsiders. — R. 
W. G. T. Hastmgs, 14th s., 12. 



Secretary. 

1. A Secretary of a Lodge has been accused of taking 
from the file or archives of his Lodge a resolution (the 



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original copy) which had been adopted, and to which he 
was opposed, and showing it to other Good Templars, 
not members of the same Lodge, making inquiries about 
its authorship; and in the ante-room of another Lodge 
room in the presence of a number of visitors ; accusing 
the person who offered it of not being the author. Can a 
charge be legally brought against the S. ? 

A. A charge can be legally brought, but we very much 
doubt whether it could be sustained. The S. is made the 
custodian of all files and papers belonging to the Lodge, 
so that it is no offence to take a paper out of the file; 
and his accusing the person who offered it of not being its 
author, could not be considered as wrong, for members 
frequently offer resolutions, of which they are not the 
author. Such conduct is certainly highly improper in a 
8., but we are not prepared to construe it a violation of 
the Good Templar's obligation.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
16th s., 16. 

2. If the S. of a Lodge resigns, does the assistant fill 
the oflice until the close of the term, or should a new 
election be held to fill the vacancy? 

A, A new election should at once be held. The assist- * 
ant acts only during a temporary absence of his principal. 
The Constitution says he shall act under the direction of 
the S,, who is responsible for his acts. — G. T., vol. 6, 42. 

3. In case of a called special meeting, the S. being 
absent, the A. S. should sign the call. — Ind., 5th s., 33. 

4. The office of A. S. does not become vacant by the 
re^iignation of the S. — Mich., 7th s., 27. 

5. Nor D, M. by resignation of M. — 0., 15th s., 46. 

6. A W. C. T. cannot appoint a S. to serve during the 
term. — Mich., 6th s., 14. 

Nor any elective officer. His appointments can 
only be for the evening, and from meeting to meet- 
ing, until the vacancy is filled by the Lodge. 



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7. It is not the duty of the W. S. to furnish an expelled 
member a copy of the proceedings, before a Committee of 
Investigation, or any part thereof. — G. W. C. T. White, 
Vt., 6th s., 8. 

This decision is erroneous. The Secretary is 
in duty bound to furnish certified copies of such 
parts as may be necessary to the expelled member, 
in preparing his appeal, if he wishes to' take one. 

8. When a Lodge orders the payment of a debt, and 
the S. refuses to make out and sign a warrant, what should 
the Lodge or creditor do in the premises? 

A, The S. is the servant of the Lodge, and if he refuses 
to sign its lawful warrants, he may be dealt with for con- 
tempt.— Cal., 6th s., 22. 

9. It is proper for the S. of the Subordinate Lodge, in 
the minutes, to report the fees for the Degrees, along with 
other collections of the evening. — Ibid., 25. 

10. Can a member who is acting as Secretary pro ttm, 
of a Subordinate Lodge, be fined for non-performance of 
his duty? 

A, Yes; if he accepts the responsibilities of the oflSce, 
he must conform in all respects to its requirements. — CaL, 
5th s., 16. 

11. A Secretary pro iem. has the authority to sign orders 
on the Treasurer.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. 



Subordinate Lodges. 

1. All sessions of Subordinate Lodges shall open and 
close with prayer. — K. W. G. L., By-Law, Art. 17. 

2. All the business of Subordinate Lodges must be done 
in the initiatory degree. — R. W. G. L., 9th s., 33. 

3. Subordinate Lodges have no right to pass resolutions 
of censure upon a Grand Lodge officer, though for the 



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removal of such, and state their reasons for it, confining 
them to the facts. For instance, a Lodge petitions the 
(j. W. C. T. to remove a Deputy, stating that he neglects 
to install their officers; but they would have no right to 
give as a reason, he had violated his pledge. If such 
were the fact, a charge should be preferred in a constitu- 
tional wav ; and the Grand Lodge officer properly tried. 
— K. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 8. • 

4. A Lodge has the right to expel by force, if necessary, 
a person from the Lodge or ante-room who has no right 
there— Wis., 10th s., 23. 

5. A Subordinate Lodge has no authority to pass a 
resolution that no action be taken in cases of drinking 
Kweet cider, and any Lodge doing so forfeits its Charter. 
—Ibid. 

6. Subordinate Lodges have the right to remit fines 
and penalties which they may have imposed on any of 
its members at the same or any subsequent meeting. — 
Wis., 2d s., 18. 

7. A Subordinate Lodge, at its regular meetings, may 
dispense with calling any or all of its Orders of Busi- 
ness," as to each Lodge belongs the right to transact its 
business, in its own way, provided it complies with the 
Constitution, and also has the power to regulate its own 
Order of Business. — Iowa, 8th s., 37. 

8. Lodges have no right to draw orders now for services 
to be rendered hereafter. — 111., 1857. 

9. A Subordinate Lodge has no right to strike out part 
,of an official decision rendered by the G. W. C. T. or his 
deputies, and order the residue to be filed. — P. G. W. C. 
T. Atherly, Wis., 1st s., 22. 

10. A Lodge cannot change or remove from its Char- 
tered location-except by dispensation from G. W. C. T. — 
Can., vol. 9, 13. 

11. A Lodge or member of a Lodge, believing a sister 
Lodge is pursuing a course detrimental to the security 



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and well-being of the Order, may visit such Lodge, and, 
if permitted, shall speak kindly of such matters; and if 
not permitted, or if such Lodge refuse to take action, 
then such parties should lay proper information before 
the Deputy. — Ibid. 

12. When a Lodge, through its officials, insults another 
Lodge, it is right for the offended Lodge to pass resohitions 
declaring that no official intercourse shall take place until 
the offending Lodge shall make the apology for the offence. 
— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17 th s., 60. 

13. A Lodge cannot suspend a By-Law for one even- 
ing. — Id., 61. 

14. When a Lodge has suspended, a new Lodge cannot 
legally hold any property of the old Lodge which may 
have come into its possession.^ — Wis., 9th s., 17. 

15. Prior to the revocation or surrender of its Charter, 
a Lodge cannot so dispose of its ]:)roperty as to prevent its 
regular and constitutional working. — Conn., 6th s., 46. 

16. Can a Lodge whose Charter is revoked, and it 
refuses to give it up, and continues working as before, 
appeal to the Grand Lodge? A. No. When the Charter 
of a Lodge is revoked by the Executive Committee, the 
Lodge should cease working and surrender it, then appeal 
may be taken to the Grand Lodge. A Lodge which is in 
rebellion to the authority of the Grand Lodge forfeits 
all rights to appeal by its insubordination. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa. 

17. When a new Grand Lodge has been organized, 
Subordinate Lodges under its jurisdiction cannot longer 
retain their connection with the R. W. G. Lodge, but 
must come under the Grand Lodge. — R. W. G. T. Chase, 
7th s., 13. 

18. When a Lodge is organized, a person who is a 
member of another Lodge need not become a member 
of this one newly organized because it is the nearest one 
to his residence. — Iowa, 7th s., 32. 



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19. A Subordinate Lodge can suspend its regular meet- 
ings for a time, provided it pays its regular dues to the 
Grand Lodge for the same time, by dispensation of G. W. 
C. T. or Grand Lodge. — Iowa, 7th s., 32. 

20. A Lodge cannot suspend its regular meetings for 
religious or any other meetings, so long as there is a 
quorum of its members that desire to continue them. 
A Lodge can adjourn to meet at any place they choose, 
while their regular place is occupied by other meetings. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

21. The city of H contains about forty thousand 

inhabitants and three Lodges of Good Templars. No. 1 
meets on Monday evening, No. 2 on Wednesday evening. 
No. 3 on Friday evening; No. 4 is Chartered and in- 
stituted, and its members agree to hold their meetings on 
the same evening with one of the other LodgCvS. Has the 
Grand Lodge or its Executive Committee any authority 
to compel the Lodge No. 4 to change its meetings so as 
to be held on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday evenings? 
No.— K W. G. T. Orne, 815. 

22. A Lodge receiving to membership, members of an- 
other Lodge, under charges in their own Lodge, and after 
the receiving Lodge has been notified of such charget*, 
forfeits its Charter. — Wis., 11th s., 17. 

23. Albion Lodge, No. 215, Wis., was suspended by G. 
W. C. T. Giles, for refusing to inflict penalties for violation 
of our pledge and obligations, and for excusing members 
for such violation. The G. L. sustained the G. W. C. T., 
and took their Charter from them. — Wis., 11th s., 20. 

24. A Subordinate Lodge cannot trv a D. K. W. G. T. 
or a D. G. W. C. T. for " a breach of official duty." 

A Lodge can appeal from the decision of a Deputy to 
the R. W. G. T. or G. W. C. T., as the case may be, or 
they can ask for his removal, setting forth the grounds 
upon which it is asked. For a violation of his pledge, or 
of any of his obligations as a Good Templar, the Lodge 
of which he is a member alone can try him. For his 



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official acts as Deputy, he is amenable solely to the one 
from whom he gets his commission, or to the R. W. G. 
Lodge, or Grand Lodge with which his principal is con- 
nected.--R. W. G. T. Plastings, 13th s., 9. 

25. How is a Subordinate Lodge to know whether it 
may not be in contempt to the Grand Lodge? Should 
said Lodge be notified, and by whom ? 

A. Contempt signifies the act of despising — a disregard 
of authority, or treating a thing as mean. 

When, therefore, a Subordinate Lodge treats official 
papers or documents and decisions of the G. W. C. T., 
communications from the G. Yi. S., or Rules and Laws 
of the Grand Lodge with disrespect, refusing to entertain 
them, or rejects them by refusing to obey and submit to 
the proper authority of tiie Grand Lodge in any way, 
said Lodge is in contempt. 

Also, by refusing to submit to the decisions of the L. D., 
when appeals are referred to him, it is in contempt. 

When a Lodge shows contempt, the L. D. should imme- 
diately notify the G. W. C. T. of the fact, so that he may 
take proper action in the matter, by officially notifying 
said Lodge, that it is in contempt to the Grand Lodge. — 
G. W. C. T. Ball, K Y., 2d s., 7. 

26. Does an amendment to the By-Laws made by a 
Subordinate Lodge become a law before it has been sent 
to the Grand Lodge ''for correction and approval"? 

A. If it does not conflict with the Constitution either 
of the Subordinate or Grand Lodge, it becomes a law 
as soon as made, but is liable to be set aside by the 
Grand Lodge, if not approved by it. — G. W. 0. T. White, 
Vt., 5th s., 6. 

27. Lodges should be called by the name of their 
locality, so far as practicable. — Ind., 12th s., 24. 

28. A Subordinate Lodge may pass a resolution not to 
deal with or patronize any person who is opposed tg 
temperance; but its enforcement would, we think, be 
impracticable. — Ibid., 31. 



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29. Business transacted by a Lodge which is in part 
officered by persons not legally members, is legal ; as the 
mistake of a Lodge on one point ought not, and will not 
vitiate all their proceedings. — Iowa, 14th s., 9. 

30. What course should be pursued with a Lodge whose 
membership set at naught the Constitution, Laws, Rules 
and usages of- the Order, and persistently disobey the 
proper authority of the W. C. T. ? 

A. Labor with them while a reasonable hope of their 
reform lives ; when the hope no longer exists, the Charter 
should be revoked. — Ibid. 

3L A Lodge can transact business with the door open 
between the ante-room and the Lodge-room, if the door is 
properly guarded, and no person in the ante-room but O. 
G.— Iowa, 14th s., 22. 

32. The evening of meeting may be changed by a two- 
thirds vote, the motion for the same having laid over one 
week. Notice of tlie same must at once be given to the 
G. W. Secretary. — Maine, 9th s., 5. 

33. A Lodge may select a question, choose sides and 
have a debate, as a literary exercise, and it may be ren- 
dered very profitable and interesting. Care should be 
taken, however, not to select questions which would be 
likely to induce strife and bitterness. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 1868. 

34. The quarter closes on the last day of the month, 
without reference to the time when the new officers mav 
be installed.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1868. 

35. When a Subordinate Lodge, not more than one 
year in arrears, surrenders its Charter, and afterward any 
of its members, who were in good standing at the time of 
its surrender, desire to revive and go to work again, they 
may refer the case to the G. W. C. T. and G. W. S., who 
may, when satisfied, issue a new Charter without the usual 
fee.— 111., 1858. 

36. The trustees of a Lodge take charge of the property 
of a Lodge subject to the direction and review of the 



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Lodge, and the Lodge has power to say what shall and 
what shall not be done in a Lodge room, not conflicting 
with any of our laws or usages ; or whatUvse shall be made 
of the property of the Lodge, and the trustees must ex- 
ecute the decrees of the Lodge pertaining thereto ; and in 
case such trustees refuse to obey the instructions of the 
Lodge, they are guilty of misdemeanor in office, and may 
be removed therefrom.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

37. What shall be done with Subordinate Lodge officers 
who persistently refuse to perform any of their official 
duties ? 

A. The remedy is with the Lodge, and it may apply 
any lawful mode of discipline deemed necessary to correct 
the evil.— R. W. G. T. Russell, 19th s., 16. 



Traveling Cards. 

1. A card given to members wishing to visit other 
Lodges is called a traveling card, and does not release 
them from their obligation and duties to the Lodge grant- 
ing the same, and such cards are available only for the 
time for which du€s have been advanced, as appears upon 
the face of the card.— R. W. G. L., 3d s., 281. 

2. The validity of a clearance and traveling card shall 
be limited to one year from its date. — R. W. G. L., 7th 
s., 30. 

3. Members cannot, on a traveling card, join another 
Lodge ; their obligation remains in all respects unchanged, 
not excepting quarterly dues. — 111., 43. 

4. Can a member in possession of a traveling card join 
another Lodge on such card ? No ; he must obtain a 
clearance card from the Lodge in which he has member- 
ship.— R. W. G. T. Orne, 817. 

5. After a traveling card has expiredj is the person hold- 
ing it still a member of the Lodge from which it was re- 
ceived ? A, Yes ; his relations to the Lodge are the same 



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as a member good on the books at the expiration of a 
quarter. — Ibid. 

6. A member who wishes to leave a Lodge, and never 
expects to return to the place, is entitled to a traveling 
card.— Wis., 4th s., 23. 

7. The use of a visiting card is to show the holder to be 
a member in good standing, and entitled to the care and 
protection of the Order, and all members^ in good stand- 
ing are entitled to it. — Ind., 6th s., 14. 

8. Members who have not taken the degrees are entitled 
to traveling cards and T. P. W. upon the same terms as 
full degree members. — Cal., 3d s., 10. 

9. Traveling and clearance cards, with the name of any 
P. R. W. G. S., that Grand or Subordinate Lodges may 
have on hand, are good, and may be used until such sup- 
ply on hand is exhausted. — R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 9. 

10. Is a member who in the month of November pays 
his dues till the month o^ August of the following year, 
and receives a traveling card and the T. P. W., entitled 
to receive the Q. P. W. as it is regularly promulgated ? 
The traveling card and T. P. W. are designed only for 
those who travel beyond the jurisdiction of the Grand 
Lodge in which they have membership, but if such mem- 
ber should return to his home with a design to remain 
permanently before the expiration of such card, there can 
be no objection to his receiving the Q. P. W. in the usual 
manner.— R. W. G. T. Orne, 817. 



Treasurer. 

1. If a Treasurer has used reasonable care and diligence 
in taking care of the money in his hands, and it has been 
stolen, he cannot be compelled to replace it. — Iowa, 14th 
8., 7. 

2. In the absence of the Worthy Treasurer, the T. pro 
tern, is entitled to receive money from the F. S. in trust 



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for the Lodge, and pay the same to the regularly installed 
and bonded Treasurer, for which he is strictly responsible 
to the Lodge.— G. W. C. T. M'Murray, Pa., 15th s., 33. 

3. Can one person hold both the offices of W. C. T. and 
T. in a Subordinate Lodge? 

The ritual contemplates that both in the opening and 
closing ceremonies certain questions shall be asked by the 
W. C. T., and answered by the T. The By-laws require 
that the accounts of the T. shall be examined by a com- 
mittee appointed by the W. C. T., and there is a manifest 
impropriety in an officer's selecting a committee by which 
his own accounts are to be audited. The bond which the 
T. is required to give is made payable to the W. C. T., and 
an action on the bond, if such proceeding be necessary, 
could only be sustained in the name of the W. C..T. In 
view of all which considerations I decide that one person 
cannot hold the offices of -W. C. T. and T. at the same 
time.— Vt., 5th s., 7. 

4. Is it competent for one person to fill at the same 
time, the offices of F. S. and T. in Subordinate Lodge ?" 

A. Such practice is clearly out of order, subversive of 
the design of the Constitution in providing for the two 
officers, and at variance with the Ritual, which makes il 
the duty of the F. S. to pay all moneys received to the 
T.''-R. W. G. T. Kussell, 18th s., 984. 



Violation of the Pledge. 

" What constitutes a violation of the Good Temp- 
lar^s obligation is a question often asked, and 
which has been more or less discussed in all our 
Subordinate and Grand Lodges ; and especially in 
reference to the use of the expressed juice of the 
apple, much diversity of opinion has arisen. We 
give all the decisions which have come to our notice, 
that are deemed correct : 



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1. The drinking of sweet eider a violation of the 
Good Templar's pledge— 111., 29. N. H., 66. Ind., 12th 
8., 32. Can., vol. 19, 30. Kas., 10th s., 36. 

2. The use of the expressed juice of the apple as a 
beverage is a violation of our pledge. — Ind., 167, and 
Iowa, vol. 2, 10. 

3. It is a violation of the spirit and intent of the 
obligation of the Order of Good Templars to imbibe 
unfermented wine or cider. — Pa., 2d s., 19. Ky., 6th s., 
41. Md., 4th s., 22. 

4. In the opinion of this Grand Lodge, the juice of the 
grape is wine, and the juice of the apple is cider, whether 
in a fermented or unfermented state, and consequently the 
use of either as a beverage is a violation of the pledge. — 
O., 2d s., 9. 

5. To drink cider in any state as an article of food is 
decidedly a violation of the pledge, for in such case it 
becomes a beverage. — Tenn., 41. 

6. Drinking the juice of the grape or apple, in any 
state, as a beverage, is a violation of our obligation. — R. 
W. G. T. Chase, MSS. So, also, currant, blackberry, or 
elderberry wine. 

7. The use of currant wine or expressed juice of the 
apple, as a beverage, is a violation of the pledge. — Wis., 
Ist s., 22. 

The following, from a letter of G. W. C. T. Black, 
of Pa., gives the best exposition of the eider ques- 
tion, that has ever come to our notice : 

" I am sorry to learn that your Lodge is disturbed, and its 
peace and prosperity endangered, by the * cider question,' as 
it has been called — a question easily solved on principles 
well recognized by all temperance men of the present day : 
but nevertheless, one which has occasioned very great trouble 
in all temperance organizations, arising from the fact that the 
prejudice, early habits, and want of philosophical thought, 
are brought into play, rather than calm investigation and 
reflection. Among the objects of the Order of Good Templars, 



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is the combating of ignorance by the instruction and example 
of its members, and the antagonizing of cuHtom by combined 
find ]jledged action against the use of intoxicating liquors as a 
leverage. The only intoxicating ingredient in liquors, or that 
which makes liquors, is alcohol. Without alcohol they cannot 
be intoxicating. Now, alcohol is the product of vinous fer- 
mentation, which fermentation is caused by bringing together 
the sugar and the gluten, or starch, in the grains and fruits, 
and the action of air upon them. This sugar and starch exists 
in fruits and grains naturally ; but alcohol does not. There 
is no alcohol in anything which God has made. The most 
skillful chemists have been unable to extract it from the grape 
or the apple as they hang upon the tree or vine ; but by crushing 
them and expressing their juice, and thus uniting the compo- 
nents before spoken of, and exposing to air — fermentation, or 
the production of alcohol, commences. 

"'Nature,' says Count Chaptal, * never forms spirituous 
liquors : she rots the grape upon the branch, but it is art 
which converts the juice into (alcoholic) wine.' 

^ Alcohol,' says Dr. E. Turner, Ms the intoxicating ingre- 
dient of all spirituous and vinous liquors. It does not exist 
ready formed in plants, but is a product of vinous fermen- 
tation.' 

" Now, the point is, ' at what moment of time does fermentation 
commence f If you can determine that, then I will be able to 
tell you when it will be lawful or unlawful to use as a beverage, 
the expressed juice of the apple, called cider. Alcohol has 
been extracted from grape juice within three hours from the 
mashing of the grapes. Many good men, scholars, and men 
of scientific attainments, say that fermentation commences as 
soon as the components are brought together. I donH pretend 
to know ; but I can see they acknowledge the prudential rea- 
sons for the law as it stands upon our digest, and has been 
decided by almost all of our Grand Lodges, by the R. W. G. L., 
by the Sons of Temperance, and by all temperance organiza- 
tions that have had an existence since 1836. I say, and so 
decide, that if there is no alcohol in the article you call cider, 
then the drinking of it, literally considered, cannot be a viola- 
tion of the pledge. 

" But, my brother, there is another view to be taken, and 
one recognized and acted upon by all temperance societies — 
and that is the Pauline doctrine. In Romans xiv. 21, St. Paul 



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aays : ' It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine — nor 
anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is 
made weak/ Because of this teaching we urge men to sign 
the Pledge, and join temperance societies, who are entirely 
sober men, strictly abstinent in sentiment and practice. And 
why? Because their influence will be efficient in saving 
others who are not sober nor abstinent-. So, experience having 
shown that cider will intoxicate, and has been the means of 
prostrating many reformed men^ both by the law of association 
as well as from the alcoholic principle, and as neither you nor 
I, nor any man, can tell when alcohol is or is not present — for 
the sake of our brother who is in danger, we say the drinking 
of cider is a violation of the Pledge. That is, all earnest 
temperance men, who, by precept and example, desire to teach 
the world to abstain from drink, should abstain from drink 
themselves. My brother, if you cannot give up your cidery 
how can you expect another to give up his wine, and another 
his whisky ? If you can be permitted to take cider as offered 
on draught, so may another who, as a brand, has been but 
recently ^ plucked from the burning,* and whom the law of 
association may irresistibly carry back to his cups again. 

"I think, therefore, when you come to reflect on considera- 
tions such as these, you will agree with me, however reluc- 
tantly, that it is better for temperance societies to err in 
severity, rather than by laxity to lay a stone of stumbling in 
the way of a weak brother. Scientifically, I cannot say there 
is alcohol in the juice of the apple as it runs from the press 
(if no time has been lost between the crushing and the press- 
ing) ; and in this sense, no violation of the purpose of the 
pledge in drinking it, but for the moral considerations as 
above stated, I submit with pleasure for the sake of my brother. 
In other words, * It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink 
wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is 
offended, or is made weak.'" 

8. The use of lager beer as a beverage is a violation of 
our pledge.— K. W. G. L., 4th s., 16. 

9. So also "ginger wine." — Can., vol. 12, p. 12. 

10. The use or sale of Hostetter's bitters, or schnapps, 
as a beverage, is a violation of the pledge. — Wis., 5th s., 



20 



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So also Khubarb, commonly called pie-plant wiue.— ] 
Ibid. 

11. Also, Scheidam Schnapps, or other intoxicating 
remedies. — Wis., 7th s., 8. 

12. It is a violation of the pledge to use, habitually, 
Hostetter's, Koback's, Drake's, Butt's or McClean's Bitters, 
or any other bitters, cordials or tonics of which alcohol 
forms the basis, except when prescribed by a moral and 
temperate physician. — G. W. C. T. Titus, O., loth s., 12. 
Mich., 15th s., 32. 

13. Or to buy or sell them. — Ind., 10th s., 14. 

14. Also, to sell them under the name of medicines. — 
Ind., 12th s., 31. 

15. Also to drink seed beer, the same being a fermented 
drink.— N. Y., 4th s., 15. 

16. Also hop beer of commerce. — G. W. C. T. Olney, R. 
D., 4th s., 7.' 

17. The use as a beverage of "Ottawa beer,'' or any 
beer that ferments, is a violation of the Good Templar's 
pledge.— G. W. C. T. Graw, N. J., 4th s., 13. 

18. Is the using of Jamaica Ginger without orders 
from a physician a violation of our obligation ? A, No. 
— G. W. 0. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 58. 

19. A dealer in soda-water, where some of the syrups 
are made of wine, cannot become a member of our Order. 
—Id., 18th s., 46. 

20. Whereas, there have lately come into public notice 
various nostrums, in the shape of bitters, tonics, etc., 
which contain a large proportion of alcoholic liquor, and 
the tendency of which is to lead to the formation of appe- 
tites for strong drink, because of a want of knowledge of 
their real character, therefore 

Resolved, That it is strictly enjoined upon all Good Temp- 
lars under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, that they re- 
frain from the use thereof, in all cases, unless prescribed by a 



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physician who is well known for sound judgment, and is of 
strictly temperate habits. — Pa., 10th s., 25. 

21. The use of Metheglin as a beverage is a violation 
of oar obligation. — Iowa, 11th s., 29. 

22. The juice of any fruit or vegetable so compounded 
as to produce by any means an alcoholic substance, is 
strictly forbidden by our Good Templar's obligation. — G. 
W. C. T. Tower, Conn., 3d s., 11. 

23. The making, vending, or using any compound for 
a beverage that is, or is likely to become intoxicating, is a 
violation of the obligation. — Conn., 9th s., 16. 

24. It is a violation of the pledge to use as a beverage 
any drink that is liable to ferment, for the simple reason 
that it is impossible to decide when it has so far fermented 
as to contain alcohol, and be intoxicating. Domestic beers, 
unfermented, and not liable to ferment, are not excluded 
by our pledge.— G. W. C. T. Titus, O., 13th s., 12. 

25. The cultivation of and traffic in the rhubarb wine 
plant, with the intent to manufacture wine from it, is a 
violation of the pledge. — Ibid. 

26. The pledge of our Order covers nothing that is not 
intoxicating, and root beer that is not intoxicating, and 
that will not become so by keeping, is not one of the arti- 
cles we are pledged to abstain from. I would, however, 
be very careful about encouraging the use of anything of 
the kind, as it might be made the occasion of stumbling 
on the part of some who would not be careful to discrimi- 
nate between what was and what was not intoxicating. — 

B. W. G. T. Hastings, 12th s;, 8. 

27. A Good Templar can sell common root beer as a 
beverage, at a store or grocery, without violating his 
pledge, if certain that it does not contain alcohol. — G. W. 

C. T. Ball, N. Y., 2d s., 7. 

28. Patent lemonade (if I know what it is) is not liq- 
uor, and not intoxicating.— G. W. C. T. Giles, Wis., 1866. 
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tion of the pledge, for it is one of the very worst habita 
that can afllict humanity. Bad as the use of liquor and 
narcotics is, the use of opium must be set down as one to 
be more than mildly condemned upon all occasions and 
under all circumstances. Besides, it is harder to break up 
this habit than almost any other. Seldom do we find one 
of the victims of this drug whose chains are ever broken. 
We have in mind a lady in an adjoining State, most re- 
spectably connected, religiously brought up, whose hus- 
band is Irom one of the first families, and a leading busi- 
ness man, and around whose path every social and moral 
influence is thrown, yet such is the power of this habit 
that she will go from street to street, in her insanity, beg- 
ging for opium ! Thousands of dollars have been ex- 
pended to cure her, and yet every attempt has failed. 
These instances, though seldom reported, are not so rare 
as some suppose. The use of opium is increasing, and 
the ruin that will follow can be compared only to that of 
common intemperance. — Templar's Oflfering, vol. 3, No. 3. 
Vt., 5th s., 6. 111., 18th s., 8. 

30. It is a proper subject of discipline when producing 
intoxication. — Iowa, 14th s., 23. 

31. The use of brandy, etc., in the culinary arts is a 
violation of our pledge. — Can., vol. 10, 26. Sustained on 
appeal.— R. W. G. L., 5th s., 27. 

32. Also to use sauce of which spirituous liquors form 
a part. — Cal., 5th s., 22. 

33. »Also, use of brandy or wine drops, or any confec- 
tionerv or pastry covering alcohol in any of its forms. — 
111., lOth s. Kas., 10th s., 11. 

34. Also, to deal in or sell mince- meat, knowing that 
brandy or other alcoholic liquors are contained therein. — 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

35. If a sister eat brandy sauce with pudding, not know- 
ing the sauce contained brandy, and having been assured 
by the lady and gentleman of the house where she was 
dining that no brandy was in the sauce, she does not violate 



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her pledge. As a lawyer would say, you must bring home 
the guilty knowledge to her before she can be charged 
with a violation. — G. W. C. T. Hawkins, Iowa, 14th s., 7. 

36. It is a violation of our obligation to use float at a 
dinner party in which small quantities of spirits enter as 
an ingredient. — Ky., 10th s., 10. 

37. Chewing tobacco soaked with liquor is as much a 
violation of the pledge as the use of liquor for culinary 
purposes. — Mass., 306. 

38. To buy or manufacture cider for the sole purpose 
of converting it into vinegar, or to make what is termed 
apple-butter, is not a violation of the pledge of Good 
Templars.^ — Tenn., 41. Can., vol. 9, 30; also 41. 

39. Does a member violate his obligation by pressing 
the juice out of his apples and selling it before or after 
fermentation for vinegar or culinary purposes? 

A, No. Our pledge binds him not to sell it as a bever- 
age. — Can., 17th s., 64. 

40. Our rules and usage make no distinction between 
Bweet and boiled cider ; the use of either as a beverage is 
a violation of our obligation. So also to wholesale cider 
in any form, or to retail it for culinary purposes, is a vio- 
lation.— G. W. C. T. Brandt, Iowa, 18th s., 7. 

The author doubts the last part of this decision. 

41. A Good Templar cannot purchase 6ider for culinary 
purposes without violating his obligation ; cider in mince- 
pies becomes a beverage when freely used, and there is no 
necessity for using it, as vinegar is equally as good. — G. 
W. C. T. Graw, N. J., 4th s., 12. 

42. Is it a violation of a Good Templar's obligation to 
rent a cider-mill to make cider, his neighbors using and 
selling it as a beverage? 

A. When he rented the mill to one to make cider, and 
he knew it was to be used as a beverage, and not for culi- 
nary purposes, in my opinion it would be a violation. — G. 
W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 44. 



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43. It is not a violation of a Good Templai^s obligation 
to assist in making cider, as farm laborers are called upon 
to do, a few days in each year, when hired to do farm* 
work. Making cider is only one of the incidentals of 
farm-work, and is not like being engaged in a distillery, 
brewery, or other manufactory of intoxicating liquors. — • 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1870. 

44. Is it a violation of a Good Templar's obligation to 
manufacture cider for others, not knowing for what pur- 
pose it is manufactured? 

A. Yes. He should be reasonably satisfied, either from 
the character of those buying or using it, or from other 
good evidence, that it is not to be used as a beverage. — 
R. W. G. L., 18th s., 1046. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th 
8., 58. 

45. It is a violation of our obligation for a member be- 
ing principal or clerk in a store to sell cider without 
knowing for what purpose it is t^ be used. He should be 
reasonably satisfied, either from the character of those 
buying or using it, or upon other evidence, that it is not 
to be used for a beverage. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

46. It is not a violation of the Good Templar's pledge 
to manufacture currant wine for use as a medicine, or at 
the eucharist. 

The quantity that may be manufactured for these pur- 
poses by one family it is impossible to limit. If a Lodge, 
from the large quantity thus made, think it is used as a 
beverage, a committee of investigation might be appointed, 
upon a charge preferred, stating such facts, but it would 
require some stronger evidence, either positive or circum- 
stantial, to convict. 

One might be well satisfied in his own mind, from the 
quantity manufactured, and the fact that none was sold, 
that it was used as a beverage, but he would not be justi- 
fiable in drawing a legal conclusion of guilt therefrom. — 
K. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 10. 

47. It is to make it for family use. — Wis., 8th s., 8. 



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48. A member of Lodge A went to a public house and 
openly bought whisky for the purpose of using in preserv- 
ing fruit. Did she violate her violation ? A. Yea. In- 
asmuch as our obligation requires members to do all in 
their power to discountenance the sale or use of intox- 
icating drinks in the community, the member directly en- 
couraged such sale and use. It is not necessary to the 
preservation of fruit or jelly that papers wet in liquor 
should be placed over them. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
17th s., 58. 

49. Does a member of the I. O. G. T. violate his obli- 
gation to " do all he can to advance the cause of temper- 
ance'* when he connects himself with a temperance orga- 
nization that allows the use of wine and cider ? A. Yes. 
As the evil of drinking is in the use rather than simply 
the abuse of intoxicants, drunkenness arising from the first 
steps in drinking, which consists generally in the use of 
milder beverages, an organization allowing the use of wine 
and cider, fermented or unfermented, is antagonistic to 
the Good Templars, and in no way a promoter of the cause 
we are banded together to advance; therefore a Good 
Templar who is obligated to discontinue the use of wine 
and cider, and to do all he can to advance the cause of 
temperance, violates his obligations on joining an Order 
that permits the use of these drinks. Temperance, in our 
vocabulary, means total abstinence ; and to be a total ab- 
stainer, one must abjure wine and cider in every state. — 
P. R. W. G. T. Chase, 1870. 

50. Whereas, There are physicians at the present day 
who freely prescribe spirituous and malt liquors in their 
practice, contrary to the testimony of the ablest medical 
men and chemists of this and former times; and. 

Whereas, Such practices have become so prevalent that 
drinking habits and customs are being created and revived 
under the specious and deceptive terms of " tonics," " pan- 
aceas,'* cordials," etc., therefore, 

Resolvedy That, as representatives of the sentiment of the 
Good Templars of this continent, we r^nnot too strongly 



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reprobate these customs, and disavow entirely the idea of 
alcohol possessing medicinal virtues, in whatever form 
presented— K. W. G. L., 11th s., 57. 

51. Can a member drink regularly raw spirituous 
liquors, upon tlie recommendation of a physician, with- 
out violatihg the laws ? 

A, He cannot. He has obligated himself to " discoun- 
tenance the manufacture and sale of such liquors in all 
proper ways." Evidently the regular use of such drinks 
as specified in the query, would not be a compliance with 
this clause of Art. 2, but the contrary. — G. W. C. T. 
Campbell, Mo., 11th s., 8. 

52. Will it be considered a violation of our obligation 
to use alcoholic liquors, in the raw state, for medicinal 
purposes, upon a surgeon's prescription? 

A. Your Committee having considered the above ques- 
tion, are compelled, reluctantly, to admit that intoxicating 
drinks, in any form, simply as a medicine, is permitted 
by our laws. That compromise with the enemy of human 
progress contained in our pledge, in the clause, "as a 
beverage," evidently yields the point of its medicinal 
use. 

We look upon the medical use of alcohol, as a relic of 
the times when, in some of its forms, it was relied upon as 
the grand panacea for all the ills that flesh is heir to, 
and as now presenting the most formidable obstacle to the 
progress of the Temperance reform. 

But a better day is dawning upon us. The progress of 
medical science, and an enlightened public sentiment will, 
ere long, justify a modification of our mode of warfare, 
and we can go for the utter annihilation of the whole 
family of intoxicating drink, and " discountenance the 
manufacture, sale and use," of all alcoholic mixtures, 
under any pretence, or for any purpose whatever. 

It is exceeding rare for a physician who understands 
his business, and does not himself indulge in its use, to 
recommend intoxicating drinks to his patients. From 
the prevalent abundance of excellent substitutes a re- 



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formed practice may, and will, ere long, entirely exclude 
narcotic intoxicating medicines and stimulants from the 
ILst of reliable remedies. 

It has been confidently asserted, upon the highest 
medical and scientific authority, that if alcohol was 
stricken from existence, the amount of sickness would be 
greatly diminished, and the health of the human family 
increased in proportion. We have the same authority 
for the belief, that by the annihilation of alcohol, in all 
its forms, our materia medica would sufier no loss. 

We would offer the following resolution, and recom- 
mend its passage : 

Resolvedy That for a member of our Order to feign sickness, 
to collude with a physician to obtain a prescription to justify 
the use of intoxicating drinks, or to make the medicinal use 
of such drinks a pretext for their habitual use, are offences 
against our laws, and punishable like other violations of our 
Constitution. — Mo., 11th s., 20. 

53. Does a member violate the principles of the Order, 
by the habitual use of intoxicating liquors, even though 
prescribed by a physician, when able to be about his 
ordinary occupation? 

A, This depends upon circumstances. The use of in- 
toxicating liquor as a medicine is allowed ; and if it has 
been honestly prescribed, and as honestly taken, it is no 
violation of our principles. But if there is any collusion 
between patient and physician for the purpose of gratify- 
ing the appetite of the former, then there would be a 
flagrant violation. I would recommend, in all cases, 
where members of the Order habitually use intoxicating 
drinks on the plea of ill health, and shielded by the 
physician's prescription, that the Lodge to which such 
member belongs make strict investigation, to ascertain, if 
possible, how the case stands. — Mass., 306. 

54. Use of alcoholic mixtures as a medicine, and at the 
Holy Eucharist, discountenanced. — Iowa, 10th s., 28. 

55. Written physician's prescriptions, nor any other 
circumstances under which Good Templars shall use in- 



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toxicating drinks, or frequent drinking places, shall be a 
Bliield from investigation, upon a charge of violating the 
pledge.— 111., 1858. 

56. The habit of the members of our Order, of ob- 
taining prescriptions from physicians for beer and tansy 
bitters, under the delusion that, by so doing, they do not 
violate the pledge of a Good Templar, reported against. — 
Iowa., 7th s., 34. 

57. A certificate from a physician to use intoxicating 
beverages, does not exempt a member from a charge for 
violating his pledge. — Can., vol. 12, p. 12. 

58. There is no law»in our Order justifying drinking 
intoxicating liquors on the prescription of a physician, 
either verbal or written. On the trial of the case, the 
Lodge must judge whether the liquor was really taken as 
a medicine, or to gratify a ^'hankering for the critter." — 
G. T., vol. 6, 158. 

59. Cannot use liquor as a medicine, except when pre- 
scribed by a physician. — Wis., 12th s., 48. 

60. It is a violation of the pledge to use intoxicating 
drink (including malt liquors) as a medicine, except on 
the written prescription of a moral and temperate physi- 
cian, when such a physician is at all accessible. — G. W. C. 
T. Titus, O., 13th s., 12. 

It is a violation of the pledge to use intoxicating drink 
as a, medicine, except in the manner, form, and quantity 
prescribed by a physician.-^Ibid. 

61. The use of intoxicating liquors, as a preventive for 
anticipated'sickness, is a violation of the pledge. — Pa., 1st 
B., 15. 

62. A member is not justifiable in drinking spirituous 
liquors as a medicine, prescribed by a physician who is 
in the habit of vending them as a beverage. — Iowa, 7th s., 
25. 

63. To drink intoxicating liquors as a stimulant, or as 
a medicine, or preventive of anticipated illness, under a 
prescription of a physician, said to reside at P or 



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W , remote from the person's own residence, is a direct 

violation of the pledge, and subject to discipline. — Ind., 
7th 8., 7. 

64. A physician, being a member of the Order, cannot 
prescribe whisky three times a day to a brother who had 
been formerly addicted to drinking. — Pa., 14th s., 35. 

65. A member receiving a prescription to n«e intoxicat- 
ing drinks medicinally from an expelled physician and 
an opposer of our Order should be carefully reviewed by 
the Lodge, and if found by investigation that the pre- 
scription was rightfully used, it would be admissible and 
received as sufficient excuse. Bu^ if in the judgment of 
the Lodge on investigation, the prescription was unne- 
cessary and used other than medicinally, it should not be 
a sufficient excuse, and the member should be disciplined. 
— G. W. C. T. Hickman, Ky., 6th s., 41. 

66. A member having a prescription from a physician 
goes to the bar and there drinks the prescribed spirits; is 
it a violation? A. Yes. — Ibid. 

67. Is a standing prescription recognized by this body 
as sufficient grounds for a member to use spirits? A. No. 
A prescription should bear the name of the party apply- 
ing for same and date of issue, and a member holding a 
prescription to drink at will could not use the same with- 
out the approval of his own Lodge. — Ibid. 

68. A brother drinks several glasses of beer in a saloon; 
he acknowledges it, but claims it was for medicine under 
a physician's prescription. Is he guilty of a violation of 
Art. II., and, if guilty, what shape is' a Lodge in, that 
votes he is not guilty ? 

A. He is guilty. The charter of the Lodge should be 
revoked, — Iowa, ISth s., 23. 

69. Dr. A., a Good Templar, during the sickly season 
was very much crowded with his professional business, 
and to sustain himself drank beer freely at a whisky 
saloon: does he violate his pledge in so doing? 



VIOLATION OF THE PLEDGE. 



Ans. Yes .— Ind., 17th s., 34. 

70. Do persons who taste of liquors when necessary in 
the manufacture of medicines, violate their obligation ? 

A. I can conceive of no case where it is necessary. — G. 
W. C. T. Walkley, Conn., 4th s., 29. 

71. A chemist and druggist may use alcohol for pre- 
paring the tinctures and other mixtures used in his busi- 
ness, without violating his obligation ; but he cannot sell 
brandy or any spirituous liquors as such. — Ibid., 59. 

72. It is a violation of the pledge to buy intoxicating 
drink to be used as a medicine, in a saloon, hotel, or any 
other place where it is sold as a beverage, when a drug 
store is at all accessible. — G. W. C, T. Titus, O., 13th 
s., 12. 

73. It is a violation of the pledge to use intoxicating 
drink as a medicine at any other place than one's home, 
residence, or place of business, except in the case of travel- 
ers and sojourners, who should, nevertheless, use it, if at 
all, as a medicine, so as to discountenance its sale and use 
most effectually. — Ibid. 

74. A respectable physician, a member of our Order, 
may prescribe intoxicating drinks for himself, if he can 
show to the satisfaction of the Lodge that such are abso- 
lutely necessary. — Ind., 12th s., 31. 

75. A member who having been in the water three or 
four hours, goes to a saloon and drinks a glass of whisky, 
violates his* obligation. — Ibid., 32. 

76. A '^beverage^^ is any drink taken to satisfy thirst.— 
N. H., 2d s., 41. 

77. It is a pleasant mixture used for drinking. He 
who uses liquor as a beverage, uses it for pleasure; for 
the sake of its effect, as the end at which he aims. The 
terni "for pleasure" should, however, be understood to 
include the pleasure derived from pleasant taste, pleas- 
ant effects, the pleasure of pleasing companions, or of 
complying with social custom. — G. W. C. T. Piatt, Conn., 
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78. The act of drinking intoxicating liquors as a bever- 
age, ordinarily is a violation of our obligation, without 
reference to the person's motives, although there may 
be cases where the motive would settle the question of 
the guilt of the accused.— G. W. C. T. Hastings, Wis., 
8th s., 7. 

79. If a charge be brought against a brother for a 
violation of Article 2d of our Constitution, and he ac- 
knowledges that he has drank cider, but through ignor- 
ance; not knowing it was against the rules of the Order, 
should the charge be sustained by the Committee of 
Investigation ? 

yi. Intent is the essence of crime. If the brother was 
really ignorant, there was no violation ; the Lodge is its 
own judge of whether there was collusion between defend- 
ant and the Investigating Committee. — Cal., 7th s., 29. 

80. Clerks in stores where spirituous liquors are sold, 
and officiating as salesmen, cannot become members of 
our Order.— Can., vol. 10, 24. Wis., 9th s., 16. 

81. A young man under twenty-one years of age cannot 
be admitted to membership in a Subordinate Lodge, who 
is placed in a store by his father or guardian, where 
spirituous liquors are sold. — Cal., 6th s., 33. 

' 82. A Lodge can labor with a member who is a minor, 
for selling or dealing out liquor under orders of his father. 
—Wis., 5th s., 37. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1868. 

83. " B. F. is a minor and a member of S. Lodge. His 
father commanded him to bring a pitcher of cider from 
the cellar for him (the father) and a neighbor to drink. 
He did as the father bade him ; did he violate his obliga- 
tion r 

We cannot make a general rule for the government of 
such cases. In the case presented, the offence charged 
was a violation of the letter of the obligation, and should 
be made a matter of investigation by the Lodge ; but the 
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should be regulated bv the circumstances attending the 
alleged violation— R. W. G. T. Orne, 898. 

84. Any member of our Order who sells or gives away 
intoxicating liquors, either for his father or employer, 
violates his pledge. — Can., vol. 6, 21. 

85. An agenty or any person selling liquor for another, 
cannot become a member of our Order. — Mo., 4th s., 11. 

86. A person employed as a porter or teamster in a 
liquor establishment, and who is continually conveying to 
and from said establishment, liquors of various kinds, can- 
not become a member of our Order. — Can., vol. 12, p. 1.3. 

87. It is not a violation for a common carrier to carry 
alcoholic liquors for another, if he is ignorant of the 
use to which it is to be converted. — Ibid, 41. Conn., 
3d g., 11. 

88. It is a violation of our obligation for a member of 
our Order, who is a common carrier, to carry lager beer 
from breweries to saloons, knowing that it is there sold 
as a beverage. — G. W. C. T. Brandt, Iowa, 18th s., 7. 

89. Is a Good Templar and a partner in a drug store 
responsible as a Good Templar for his partner's unlawful 
sale of liquor, when sold without his knowledge and con- 
trary to his instructions? A, No. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 17th s., 61. 

90. Can he remain a worthy member of the Order after 
knowing that his partner has sold liquor as a beverage, 
although contrary to his orders ? A. He can remain in 
the Lodge, but should do all in his power to prevent the 
sale of liquor by his partner for any other than medicinal 
purposes, protesting against it in every way. It would be 
well for such Good Templar to withdraw from the firm as 
soon as he could do so. — Id. 

91. A Good Templar was engaged to work for a man, 
who, wishing some ale or beer purchased, sent the brother 
for it. Did the brother violate his obligation ? A, He 
did.— Id., 58. 

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ing intoxicating drinks, cannot become a member of our 
Order, but this does not apply to the wife of either clerk 
or grocery keeper. — C. G. T., vol. 1, 48. 

93. If a drayman. Good Templar, acting as agent, draws 
goods by the day, and casually takes a barrel of liquor in 
his load, he does not violate his obligation, but if he know- 
ingly contracts as principal to cart liquor for liquor dealers, 
he doas violate it. — Wis., 8th s., 8. 

94. An establishment in which liquors were sold, was 
seized under execution for debt, and a Good Templar was 
placed in charge as an officer of the Division Court, who 
received the money taken at the tables and bar, and sup- 
plied the customers with liquor. Did he violate his pledge 
and obligation ? 

A, Yes.— Can., vol. 15, 44. 

95. A member of the Order, who is acting as a clerk, 
porter, etc., cannot sell liquor, either by wholesale or retail, 
even though he derive no pecuniary advantage from the 
pale, except as an officer of the law in discharging his 
duties as such legal officer. — Cal., 3d s., 21. 

96. An officer of the law, in discharge of his duty, 
levying on goods, of which whisky is a part, and selling 
tiie same at an official sale, in gross, does not violate his 
obligation.— G. W. C. T. Spencer, O., 10th s., 24. 

97. A member of our Order cannot be a book-keeper in 
a wholesale liquor store. — Conn., 4th s., 46. 

98. It is recommended that no Good Templar, except 
physicians and apothecaries, be allowed to sell spirituous 
liquors as a medicine. — Can., vol. 9, 13. 

99. Under any Prohibitory Liquor Law, requiring some 
person to be licensed to sell liquors for medicinal, sacra- 
mental, and chemical purposes, a Good Templar may con- 
sistently act as such legal agent. — Can., vol. 10, 24. 

100. Does a County Commissioner violate his obligation 
by granting a license to sell intoxicating liquors? 

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and answered in the affirmative, which was sustained by 
the G. L. On appeal to K. W. G. L., the decision of G. 
W. C. T. was reversed. The R. W. G. L. says : 

The simple question is presented as to whether a Good 
Templar can perform all the duties required of a County 
Commissioner by the statutes of the State of Indiana, 
without violating his obligation. 

It is our opinion that a Good Templar may, without 
violating his obligation, perform any act or duly required 
of, or enjoined upon him, by the statutes of his State. 

Any other construction of our obligation would exclude 
UH from many lawful relations to the State and the busi- 
ness of the communities in which we live. In the State 
of Indiana, we could not act as County Commissioners. 
In no State could we perform the duties often required of 
sheriffs, executors, or administrators. This no man in- 
tends when, he joins the Order. Nor does sound policy 
or correct principle require any such thing at our hands. 
We lose none of our interest in the country when we be- 
come Templars, and our duties as citizens are as binding 
as those of others. We are not at war with the laws un- 
der which we live, and we have a common interest with 
our neighbors in seeing the same fully and honestly exe- 
cuted.— R. W. G. L., 14th s., 92. 

101. Under the laws of our State it became necessary 
for the administrator of a decedent to sell the personal 
effects, among which was a quantity of liquors, as the de- 
cedent was a landlord. The admijiistrators employed an 
auctioneer to sell the property who was a Good Templar. 
Did the auctioneer violate his obligation ? A, No. An 
administrator may, in the discharge of his official duties, 
sell liquors ; and clearly the agent may do what the prin- 
cipal can. The auctioneer has no interest in the article 
he is selling, but is a mere clerk or agent for the adminis- 
trator, who, in his official capacity, is settling the estate in 
compliance with the provisions of the law. — G. W. C. T. 
Ciiase, Pa., 17th s., 57. 

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pertaining to his business, received his trial by U. S. 
court held at A, but the liquor in his possession was not 
confiscated by the Government, but only seized and re- 
moved to B for safe keeping, to await another trial to de- 
termine whetlier it was the property of the Government 
or not. The U. S. Marshal came to B, and secured teams 
to convey the liquor to be stored in the cellar of a mer- 
chant having plenty of unoccupied cellar-room, said mer- 
chant being a Good Templar. Did a Good Templar who 
made teaming a business violate his obligation by taking 
said liquor to the place of deposit? and did the Good 
Templar owning the store and renting a part of it for stor- 
age of said liquor violate his obligation ? A. Under deci- 
sions already made by R. W. G. L., a U. S. Marshal be- 
longing to our Order can levy upon, transport, store, and sell 
liquors in the discharge of the duties of his office, and not 
violate his obligation ; and as the cartman and proprietor 
of the store are only the agents of the marshal in carrying 
out the behests of the law, in this case neither the Good 
Templar carting the liquor, nor the one renting his store 
for the purpose of storage, violated his obligation. — Ibid., 
68. 

103. Playing billiards in a rum-shop is a violation of 
pledge.— Wis., 8th s., 7. Temple Visitor, O., No. 9. Mich., 
15Lh s., 35. 111., 18th s., 9. Pa., 18th s., 43. 

104. Also gambling and Sabbath-breaking. — Mich., 7th 
B., 13. 

105. A member of our Order who is in the habit of 
playing billiards, or any other game of chance, where 
anything is at stake, is liable to expulsion. — Can., vol. 14, 
14. N. Y., 4th s., 15. 

106. Also playing cards in a saloon where intoxicating 
drinks are sold.— Cal., 7th s., 26. Ibid., 6th s., 25. 

107. It is not consistent with the obligation of Good 
Templars to play cards in hotels, railway cars, steamboats, 
or other public places. — Can., vol. 20, 58. 

108. It is a violation of the Good Templars' obligation 



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to play any game of chance in a place where intoxicating 
drinks are sold, or to frequent such places. — G. W. C. T, 
Drew, Mo., 71. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1870. Conn., 
9th R., 17. Neb., 5th s., 41. 

109. It is a violation of the pledge to board at the house 
of, and keep a billiard-table for, a whisky-seller. — Ind., 
17th s., 37. 

110. Visiting saloons or any other groggeries, and buying 
cl^rars with (so-called) temperance drinks from a liquor- 
seller, is a violation of the pledge. — Can., vol. 10, 24. 

111. In all cases where members of this Order are 
charged with lounging round drinking saloons, proof of 
frequenting such places shall be prima facie evidence of a 
violation of the pledge. — 111., 158. 

112. And it is the duty of the Lodge to discipline them. 
—Wis., 7th s., 29; 9th s., 16. 

113. It is a violation of the obligation to habitually prac- 
tice drinking harmless drinks, such as lemonade, small 
beer, etc., in a liquor saloon, for such practices directly 
countenance and encourage the rum traffic. — Wis., 7th s., 

;u. 

114. It is not a violation to purchase goods where liq- 
uors are sold ; but it is advisable that Good Templars 
should not do so, unless necessary. — G. W. C. T. Hickman, 
Ky., 6th s., 41. 

115. What should be done with a brother who is in the 
habit of spending much of his time in and about saloons, 
smoking and conversing with those who are intoxicated 
and in the habit of getting drunk, the brother not labor- 
ing for the reformation of the inebriate? 

A. He is guilty of conduct unworthy a Good Templar, 
and should be dealt with accordingly. — Ind., 10th s., 20. 

116. A Good Templar who would continually and ha- 
bitually assemble at a public bar-room for the purpose of 
purchasing cigars or temperance drinks would violate the 
spirit of Art. II. of the Constitution ; but the simple pur- 
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der a member liable to any charge. The practice of mak- 
ing purchases of any article of commerce from a rum-seller 
is reprehensible when it can be conveniently avoided. — 
Cal., 7th s., 29. 

117. The decision of the Grand Lodere, that it is a vio- 
lation of our obligation to visit billiard-saloons or other 
places where liquors are sold, is argued against as wrong 
by many persons pledged for temperance. " If a man 
don't drink, what harm in his going into saloons?'' It is 
an old saying, that " people are known by the company 
they keep." A true and honest temperance man won't 
find any attractions in liquor shops — will shun them as he 
would a pest-house. — Wis. Chief, vol. 16, No. 11. Wis., 
9th s., 16. 

118. To make saloons where intoxicating liquors are 
sold as a beverage a place of resort for passing away time, 
or engaging in amusements connected with such traffic, or 
to patronize those places in any way calculated to give 
encouragement or countenance to such traffic, is inconsis- 
tent with the character of a Good Templar, and an in- 
fringement of his obligation. — Mich., 11th s., 14. 

119. Keeping a temperance saloon not a violation of ob- 
ligation ; keeping a public card-table is. — Mich., 9th s., 18. 

120. A brother, in buying out a lager beer saloon, whk 
compelled to take five kegs of lager beer, and before a 
meeting of the Lodge and without consultation, disposed 
of two kegs of beer. Did he violate his obligation ? 

A, Yes. There could be no compulsion in the case. — 
Iowa, 14th s., 28. 

121. The Lodge proposed to purchase the beer, re-obli- 
gate the brother, and forgive him for his offence ; but upon 
trial it was found that the Lodge would not raise the re- 
quired amount, whereupon the brother refused to be re- 
obligated, and said that the Lodge should either dispone 
of the beer or of him. Is he a worthy Good Templar? 

A. It is the duty of the Lodge to deal with the caf^e 
according to our Laws. — Ibid. 



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122. It is a gross violation of the vspirit of onr obliga- 
tion to sign any petition for license. — Pa., 11th s., 10. 
Iowa, 2d s., 10. "^Can., vol. 10, 25. Mo., 15th s., 40. N. 
J., 4th s., 9. 

123. To become vsurety for an applicant for a tavern 
license, is a violation of the pledge, for a member obli- 
gates himself to discountenance the traffic in intoxicating 
drinks, and such an act directly encourages and promotes 
it.— Can., vol. 13, 45. Wis., 6th s., 39. 

124. So is signing a liquor seller's bond. — Wis., 5th 
s., 41. 

125. Signing a bond for one who is prosecuted for keep- 
ing a house of ill-fame is a violation.— Conn., 6th s., 46. 

126. A' Good Templar going bail for a saloon keeper, 
arrested for a criminal offence growing out of or con- 
nected with the saloon, violates his obligation. — Ind., 
17th s., 39. 

127. A and B execute a joint bond to the county court 
for the purpose of obtaining hotel license, A to keep hotel, 
B to keep bar-room ; A, not being interested in the bar- 
room, receives profits alone from hotel receipts, B receiv- 
ing })rofits resulting from bar-keeping. C signs said bond 
at the request of A as surety for A, and D signs bond at 
B's request as surety for B. Does C, who is a Good 
Templar, violate his obligation by signing joint bond of 
A and B, at the request of A, who is alone interested in 
the hotel ? Ans, He does. The obligation of a Good 
Templar requires liim to do all in his power to discoun- 
tenance the use and sale of all intoxicating drinks as a 
beverage in all honorable ways. Although A receives no 
direct benefits from the bar, yet his connection with B en- 
courages the traffic, and C signing as a surety for A benefits 
both A and B, and encourages rather than discourages the 
opening of a house for the sale of liquors, and consequently 
C violates his obligation by signing said bond as surety 
for A.— G. W. C. T. Hickman, Ky., 6th s., 41. 

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to sign a petition to the courts, or in any way assist or 
consent in the procurement, or granting licenses to res- 
taurants, beer houses, or hotels, for the reason that it is 
encouraging the sale and use of intoxicating drinks. — Pa., 
13th s., 42. Ind., 13th s., 23. 

129. A member cannot consistently remain in the Order, 
after having twice made application for a restaurant li- 
cense, he having been refused by the court. — Pa., 14th 
8., 35. 

130. A person cannot be an advocate of licensing the 
sale of liquors, and, at the same time, a worthy member 
of our Order. — Wis., 6th s., 8. 

131. It is a violation of our obligation to appear before 
the County Commissioners as an attorney for an organ- 
ization of liquor dealers to argue for a reduction of license 
fees.— Minn., 12th s., 25. 

132. An attorney at law, who is a- Good Templar, by 
defending a whisky seller who had been arrested for sell- 
ing liquor contrary to law, does not violate his obligation, 
for, 

1st. The obligation of a Good Templar does not, nor is 
it the policy of our Order to restrict, infringe or prevent 
a member from following any legitimate business that 
does not tend, either directly or indirectly, to uphold and 
sustain the vice of intemperance. The brother's influence 
may all the time be exerted in the right direction, even 
though in the discharge of his duties, he may be defend- 
ing a whisky seller. 

2d. The obligation of a Good Templar in no wise con- 
flicts with any lawful duty that the initiate may owe to 
his country, his family or himself. .An attorney may law- 
fully be required to defend any cyriminal ; the performing 
tliis duty ought not, and does not, deprive him of the 
privilege of a Good Templar. — Iowa, 9th s., 22. 

But it would be a violation, in the opinion of the 
Author, for an attorney, in States where the courts 
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present a petition for, and move the granting of a 
license, as he here indirectly, if not directly, aids in 
and advocates the liquor selling system; and, though 
in the discharge of a professional duty, it is not one 
which he could, under any circumstances, be re- 
quired to perform. 

133. An attorney at law, presenting or advocating li- 
cense for the sale of spirituous or malt liquors, is liable 
to discipline for a violation of the pledge ; for the reason 
that it is giving countenance to the traffic ; and his oath 
as an attorney does not require him to undertake a case 
except at his own discretion; it binds him only when he 
has given his consent, but beforehand he is perfectly free 
to decline. — Pa., 14th s., 14. 

134. It is a violation of obligation for a Good Templar, 
when acting as a Commissioner of the Board of Excise, to 
vote to grant a license to sell liquors as a beverage. — G. 
W. C. T. Ball, N. y., 5th s., 7. Wis., 5th s., 41. 

135. It is not a violation of the obligation, for a clerk 
or president of a license board to sign a license, as they 
are acting in an official capacity, and are bound by their 
oath to carry out the will of the majority of such a board. 
—Id. 

136. It is not a violation to officially sign a license for 
the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. — K. W. G. 
L., 19th s. 

137. A member does not violate his pledge in refusing 
to sign a remonstrance against licensing a tavern or res- 
taurant. 

This is a matter which should be left entirely to the 
discretion of the individual, and he should be governed 
by the circumstances connected with the case. — Pa., 14tli 
8., 35. 

138. If it should so happen that a portion of the citizens 
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plication for license, stating as ground for so doing, that 
the keeper of the "hotel" did not live up to the require- 
ments of the law ; and to counteract the effect of said re- 
monstrance, a second application is gotten up, stating that 
the keeper of the "hotel" was a man of good moral cha- 
racter and kept an orderly house, was it not a violation 
of our obligation to sign the last paper, the same to be 
used to procure license for a " hotel " against the wishes 
of a large portion of tlie community ? 

A. Yes.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 16. 

139. A hotel-keeper having been fined by a court in 
Ohio for selling Herrick's Bitters, a petition was pre- 
sented to the court asking the remission of his fine, on the 
plea of ignorance that it was contrary to the law to sell 
guch bitters by the drink to his customers. The petition 
was signed by the deputy and several other Good Tem- 
plars, and had the effect to remit his fine. Was the sign- 
ing of the petition a violation of obligation ? A, It was 
not.— O., 15th s., 47. 

140. We regard it as contrary to the spirit of the obli- 
gation for any member of our Order to vote for any man 
for any public office who is known to be opposed to total 
abstinence and legal prohibition, or in any way favor a 
license law, or to refuse to remonstrate and vote against 
any man or measure calculated to encourage license in- 
Bte&d of prohibition.— E. W. G. L., 14th s., 99. 

141. It is a violation of a Good Templar's obligation to 
vote for granting licenses, where it is made a test in town, 
village, or city.— G. W. C. T. Ball, N. Y., 7th s., 11. 

142. Brother W., of Scotland, recommended as a temper- 
ance candidate a man who proved not to be a total ab- 
Ptainer, rented houses for dram shops, and was not in favor 
of the " Permissive Bill." He was tried for violation of 
his obligation and acquitted. On appeal, the G. L. of 
Scotland sustained the Lodge, and the R. W. G. L. sus- 
tained G. L. of Scotland.— R. W. G. L., 956. 

143. Is it a violation of our obligation to vote for a 



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liquor-drinking man for a public office when a temperance 
man is his opponent? and if he is under charge, can it be 
sustained ? A, Voting in our country is by secret ballot, 
and the mode of exercising the elective franchise, so as to 
preclude any compulsion or undue influence upon the 
voter, is regarded as one of the strong safeguards around 
our institutions. Is it expedient for us, as an Order, to 
make decisions which vshall strike at this cardinal feature, 
and make our Lodge an inquest to sit upon political action 
of our members ? Unquestionably, a temperance man 
ought to vote only for temperance men for office, but he 
cannot be compelled to vote except as his own private 
judgment directs and approves. Again : if the above 
question was to be answered in the affirmative, it would 
be practically inoperative^ as no proof could be adduced, as 
a general thing, as to how a member voted ; so that no 
member could be disciplined, however often he might ren- 
der himself liable to charge.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th 
8., 58. 

144. Voting in favor of licensing the liquor traffic is a 
violation of Art. 11 of Subordinate Lodge Constitution. — 
G. W. C. T. Winter, Conn., 9th s., 17. 

145. It is a violation of the Good Templars' obligation 
to rent a building or buildings to be used in selling or 
dealing in liquors. — Can., vol. 14, 14. K. W. G. T. Chase, 
9th s., 10. 111., 18th s., 42. 

146. A Lodge cannot constitutionally rent of a liquor- 
seller a room for Lodge purposes. — Ind., 13th s., 30. 

Maryland (1867, 23,) decides: A hall may be 
rented of a liquor-seller, but the necessity should 
be very great, and a Lodge should not appear to be 
so inconsistent, if any sacrifice the members can 
make will secure a place of meeting elsewhere. 

147. Does a Lodge, owning a hall building, and renting 
a portion of it to a rum-seller, forfeit its charter? 

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if a member should rent a building for the traffic of liq- 
uor, he would violate his obligation, and every member 
of a Lodge consenting to such an act, would violate his 
pledge, but the minority of the Lodge protesting against 
it would not. The charter would not become forfeited. — 
Cal., 8th s., 42. 

148. A man cannot Jpe a Good Templar and cultivate 
and raise barley, knowing at the same time it is to be used 
exclusively for distilling lager beer. — Iowa, 8th s., 37. 

149. It is not a violation of the Good Templars' obliga- 
tion to gather grapes for wine, knowing that to be their 
use, where he is at work by the ip' nth for a living. — Cal., 
8th s., 42. 

150. It is not a violation of the obligation to sell glasses, 
decanters, etc., knowing the same are immediately going 
into use at a whisky-bar or lager-beer saloon. — Ibid. 

151. It is a violation of our obligation for the proprietor 
of a manufactory to make bottles or barrels, knowing that 
the same will be immediately employed in the liquor 
traffic— R. W. G. L., 9th s., 10. 

152. A carpenter, or other artisan, a member of our 
Order, does not violate his obligation by merely laboring 
for hire in refitting or repairing an establishment used as 
a place for the sale of intoxicating drinks. — Ibid. 

153. The selling of grain, knowing that it is to be used 
for purposes of distillation, is a violation of the obligation 
of our Order.— R. W. G. L., 10th s., 58. 

154. The selling of hops, knowing they are to be used 
for the purpose of distillation, is a violation of our obli- 
gation.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 58. 

155. It is not a violation of the obligation of our Order 
for Good Templars to sell grain in a general market. — 
111., 11th s,, 39. 

156. A part of our obligation is to discountenance the ^ 
manufacture and sale of liquor in all proper ways ; hence 
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Bale of liquor — to raise barley exclusively for distilling- 
purposes — to sign petitions or bonds for license, as all 
these countenance and encourage the liquor traffic. But 
we must draw the line somewhere, or nearly every man 
will be excluded from our Order. Evidently, not every- 
body who is hired to put in a pane of glass or paint a door 
in a hotel, who works out a day to help cut a field of bar- 
ley, who happens to drive a cart for a day that casually 
has a barrel of whisky in it, or who sets a type in a news- 
paper advertisement for a liquor store, is to be shut out 
from the benefits of our Order, or liable to the stigma of 
trial and punishment. We must be reasonable in con- 
struing our obligation; and, while we would exclude the 
proprietor of a newspaper who advertises for the liquor 
establishment, we would not his clerk who makes out the 
bill and receives the pay, or the printer who sets the type 
and works ofi' the paper ; or, while we would make it a 
violation to sign a license-petition or bond, we would not 
attach guilt to the clerk or scrivener who may chance to 
pen it. In short, in all direct acts of making and vending 
intoxicating drinks, we exclude both principal and agent, 
clerk or employee ; but in acts which only indirectly en- 
courage the liquor traffic, only the principal. — R. W. G. 
T. Chase, 9th s., 10. Mo., 71. 

157. We deem it a violation of the principles of cor 
Order to patronize secular newspapers unfriendly to our 
cause, or religious periodicals that admit liquor advertise- 
ments or other anti-temperance matter. — E. W. G. L., 
13th s. 

158. A member of this Order cannot do the printing 
and advertising for liquor-dealers, and continue to be a 
member in good standing, if a principal, receiving the 
profits of such printing. — Pa., 12tli s., 32. 

159. The advertising of spirituous or malt liquors by a 
Good Templar, in a paper under his control, is a viola- 
tion of the obligation and pledge. — Can., 2d s., 6. 

160. And Hostetter's Bitters.— Cal., 6th s., 25. 



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161. So, also, publishing notices of application foi 
license to sell intoxicating drinks. — Ind., 12th s., 31. 

162. Printing labels for liquor-bottles or casks, or bill- 
heads that advertise or specify the business of a liquor- 
seller, if done by the principal who receives the pay, is 
a violation of the obligation. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
20th s. 

163. Inasmuch as the pledge enjoins it as a duty to dis- 
countenance the manufacture, sale and use of intoxicating 
liquors, attendance upon and participation in a social 
dance where such liquors are sold, is inconsistent with the 
obligation of a Good Templar. — G. W. C. T. McMurray, 
Pa., 15th s., 33. Wis., 12th s., 39. Ibid., 10th s., 11. 

164. It is a violation of the pledge and obligation of a 
Good Templar to be present as a participator, upon terms 
of social equality, in any company, circle, society or party 
in which wine or other intoxicating drink is used, offered 
or recognized as a beverage. — Pa., 16th s., 43. 

165. This does not prevent Good Templars from visit- 
ing or attending family parties given by relatives who may 
offer or use intoxicating drinks. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
1869. 

166. It is a violation of our pledge for a lady or gentle- 
man to permit wine to be handed to guests at an enter- 
tainment, whether public or private, over which they may 
have control.— G. W. C. T. Graw, N. J., 6th s., 11. 

167. An officer of our Order, whose duty it is to pay 
over money coming into his possession to the Treasurer, 
failing so to do, violates his obligation. — Can., 15, vol. 12. 

168. When a brother presents a false or forged account 
or draft, for the purpose of drawing money from the 
hands of the Treasurer, the W. T., knowing it to be such, 
has no right to pay it, and is censurable for paying the 
same. He is to use his best judgment in determining 
whether the draft is genuine, and if he knows it is not, he 
is chargeable with the offence of paying out moneys with- 
out authority. If he conceals the fact of the presentation 



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of a false or forged order, the offence is still greater.— 
Kansas, 1862. 

169. When a member of our Order assumes a fictitious 
name and transacts business in it^ with a view of defraud- 
ing his creditors, he should be tried, and, if found guilty, 
expelled. — Id. 

170. A horse-racer and cock-fighter cannot be a consis- 
tent member of our Order, and continue in such business. 
—Can., vol. 10, 2-i. 

171. The use of profane language is a violation of the 
principles and charges of our Order, and shall be consid- 
ered an offence worthy of discipline, — Pa., 1st s., 17. And 
when used out of Lodge room as well as in. — Pa., 3d s., 7. 
Conn., 6th s., 45. N. Y., 5th s., 7. 

172. So also in the hall at recess. — Ind., 12th s., 7. 

173. Charges may be preferred, and action had thereon, 
by Subordinate Lodges for practices grossly immoral, and 
tending to bring Lodges into disrepute. — 111., 44. 

174. A member who knowingly wTongs a fellow-mem- 
ber is liable to charge, and may be dealt with, the same 
as for any other violation of his obligation. — G. W. C. T. 
Williams, CaL, 3d s., 10. 

175. A Good Templar countenancing the use of liquor 
at a " Bee," violates his obligation, even though he neither 
buys or drinks it. — Can., vol. 12, 12. 

176. A Good Templar violates his obligation by paying, 
knowinglv, for liquor drank bv others. — Cal., 8th s., 43. 
Can., vol.' 10, 24. K J., 6th s.,' 11. N. Y., 6th s., 8. 

177. The loan of money by a Good Templar to another 
person, to buy whisky, when that person says it is to be 
used for that purpose, and the whisky was purchased to 
be used as a beverage, is a violation of the pledge and 
obligation.— G. W. C. T. Pershing, Ind., 7th s., 8. 

178. It is not a violation of the obligation to help pay 
a band, a majority of whose members are addicted to 
intemperance. — Neb., 3d s., 13. 



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179. A Good Templar happened to go into a bar room 
where liquor was sold ; a traveler coming along, and the 
bar keeper being temporarily absent, the G. T. poured out 
and received pay for the liquor which the traveler drank. 
Was such an act a violation of his obligation? 

A. It was as gross a violation as though he had drank 
every drop of liquor that the bar contained. — Wis., 7th 
B., 32. 

180. It is a violation of our pledge to step behind a bar 
and sell any kind of intoxicating liquors as a beverage 
under any circumstances whatever. — G. W. C. T. Ball, 
N. Y., 6th s., 8. 

181. Is a refusal to obey the reasonable demands of the 
W. C. T. a subject of contempt, and could there be any 
cases of that character that would warrant expulsion of 
the offender ? 

A. There may be cases wherein expulsion would be 
proper. — G. T., vol. 6, 158. 

182. A Lodge can discipline a member for violating 
any resolution it may have legally passed, provided the 
resolution does not conflict with any law of the Order. — 
G. W. C. T. Hastings, Wis., 8th s., 7. 

183. It is impolitic and inconsistent for Good Templars 
to patronize those hotels or dealers who vend ardent spirits, 
and we recommend to all members of the Order to dis- 
countenance it, wherever practicable. — Mich., 12th s., 39. 

184. In Capital City Lodge, No. 201, G. L. Mo., Thomas 
Handy was charged with a flagrant violation of Sec. 6 of 
the By-Laws of the Lodge, by using disrespectful language 
both to a member and to the^entire Order, and that he had 
been guilty of conduct unbecoming a Good Templar and 
a gentleman, and expelled, from which he took an appeal 
to the Grand Lodge. The appeal was dismissed, thus 
sustaining the action of the Subordinate Lodge in ex- 
pelling him. — Mo., 5th s., 13. 

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By-Law of the Lodge, would everywhere be a sufl&- 
cient ground for expulsion, whether there existed a 
By-Law against it or not. It is contrary to the 
spirit of our charges and obligations. 

185. A brother of our Order in good standing, and also 
a member of another temperance order in Louisville, in 
which the Constitution and By-Laws were revised, and 
Article 4th of said Constitution containing the pledge, 
similar, if not so exactly worded as the following, viz. : " I, 

A B , solemnly pledge my honor as a man, in the 

presence of these witnesses, that I will not make, buy, 
sell or use, or cause to be used or furnished any spirituous 
or malt liquors, wine or cider, and that I will discounte- 
nance their manufacture and sale in the community in all 
proper ways, and I furthermore pledge myself to support 
the Constitution and By-Laws of this Order of Temper- 
ance; I will consider this obligation binding so long as 
life shall last." 

This brother used his argument, influence, and vote 
against the adoption of this article as read ; voting to 
strike out the word "cider," and striking out the words, 
" I will consider this obligation binding so long as life 
shall last," and inserting the words, " I will consider this 
obligation binding so long as I am a member of this 
Society." Now did he, or did he not, violate his obliga- 
tion as a Good Templar, or did he only violate the prin- 
ciple of our Order? 

A. He violated both.— Ky., 10th s., 11. 

186. A Good Templar purchased at a drug store for 
medicinal purposes a pint of wine, and after bringing it 
home, unthinkingly offered it to another party to taste, 
and a Good Templar present says he placed the bottle to 
his lips and just tasted it. Now, will it be necessary for 
these Good Templars to be re-obligated? Ans. Strictly 
speaking this is a violation of our obligation : but if the 
Lodge to which these members belong, after hearing the 
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and all the circumstances, believe it was tasted inadvert- 
ently and with no intention of taking it as a beverage, 
such Lodge may by vote declare the act not a violation, 
and then re-obligation will not be necessary. The Lodge 
is the judge and jury both in all cases of violation, and 
though bound by our laws and usages as laid down in the 
Digest, yet it is the only power to apply the law to the 
particular case at hand and determine whether there has 
been a violation or not. — " Good of the Order," p. 10. 
G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 20. 

187. Is it not a violation of our obligation for initiatory 
members to disturb a Lodge or Temple working in the 
Degrees by making a noise outside and immediately 
around the hall? Ans. If such noise is willfully made 
for the purpose of disturbing such Degree meeting, it if* 
certainly an otfence against the Lodge, and violation of 
the spirit of our obligation, which may be punished as 
the Lodge may deem proper. — Id., 123. 

188. It is a violation of the obligation to have the Ritual 
• reprinted, even if there should be some alterations. — E. 

W. G. T. Orne, 816. 

189. Can Grand Lodge officers institute Lodges of an 
organization which allows the use of wine and cider without 
violating their obligation ? Yes. 

190. Can an individual engaged in the advancement of 
an organization that allows the use of wine and cider 
be a G. W. C. T. in the I. O. of G. T. ? Yes. 

191. Would a Good Templar violate his obligation by 
instituting a Lodge of an organization that allowed the 
drinking of lager beer? No. To decide the last three 
questions otherwise would exclude from membership of 
our Order thousands who are active members and officers 
of other secret organizations that do not require fidelity 
to the total abstinence plfedge as a condition of member- 
ship, and consequently allow the use of the beveragea 
mentioned. In deciding the foregoing questions, it is 
understood that the obligations which are taken by mem- 



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bers of such organizations contain no provision permitting 
the use of any intoxicating beverages whatever, but that 
such right is inferred, because not prohibited, and its exer- 
cise is sanctioned by the usage of such organizations. — E. 
W. G. T. Orne, 816. 

192. The last three decisions were approved by the K. 
W. G. L. with this addition: Provided, that if in each of 
the last three questions, immediately before the word 
organization, the words, "ostensible temperance were 
inserted, the first two should be answ^ered No, and the last, 
Yes.—n, W. G. L., 870. 

193. To buy or to take an order payable only in " wines 
and liquors," and sell the same to a saloon keeper, or to 
any dealer in liquors, or to any individual, when there 
would be a certainty or a reasonable presumption that 
the "wines and liquors" would be used as a beverage, is 
clearly a violation of Templar's obligation. — G. W. C. T. 
Hastings, Wis., 6th s., 37. 

194. Is the fact of a brother's breath being constantly 
burthened with the fumes of whisky a sufficient cause for 
bringing charges against him ? And if he were disciplined, 
would his appeal be sustained by the Grand Lodge? 

A. It would be sufficient ground for charges, and the 
Grand Lodge would sustain the Lodge in expulsion, and 
say, well done—G. T., vol. 6, 28. 

195. A member who joined in November, has not met 
with the Lodge since; has not paid his dues for quarter 
commencing Feb. 1 ; has repeatedly sent word to the Lodge 
to expel him, that he did not wish to meet with the Lodge 
again ; and has violated the obligation, may be expelled. 
— G. T., vol. 5, 95. 

196. What punishment can we inflict upon a member 
who gets the Pass unlawfully, and does not get it from the 
W. C. T.? 

A. We know of none, unless such member should neg- 
lect or refuse to divulge the name of the person giving it 
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be preferred against him for a violation of his obligation. 
—Iowa, 8th s., 39. 

Yes J and we may deal with him for a violation 
of his obligation, whether he refuse to give the 
name of the person from whom he received it or 
not. A member who willfully receives a pass-word 
from an unlawful source, or from a lawful source in 
an unlawful manner, and uses or attempts to use the 
same, is equally guilty with him who gives it thus. 

197. It is a violation to use the Good Templar^s signs, 
pass-words or tests, in any organization or place not 
sanctioned by the E. W. G. Lodge.— R. W. G. L., 13th 
s., 53. 

198. Indiscriminate and uncalled-for use of the test- 
word of our Order is a violation. — Conn., 6th s., 46. 

199. So is giving information concerning propositions for 
membership to persons not members of the Order. — Id. 

200. The grip of our Order, should be given to members 
of the Order only, but if given by mistake to a person who 
is not a Good Templar, it would not be a violation of 
obligation.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 58. 

201. It is a violation of obligation for a member habit- 
ually to talk against our Order in public. — Id. 

202. A member who speaks disrespectfully of the Order, 
and will not be reproved, must be expelled. — N. Y., 8th 
8., 12. 

203. It is a violation of the obligation for a member of 
one Lodge to urge members of another Lodge to leave 
the Order.— Wis., 11th s., 17. 

204. Does a member violate his obligation by advising 
an outside witness, say a rum-seller, not to appear before 
a charge-investigating committee? A, Yes, provided he 
does so manifestly for the purpose of obstructing discipline 
in the Lodge.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 58. 

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205. Should not members be dealt with for quarrel- 
ing and fighting? A. Unquestionably they should, as 
such practices tend to bring our Order into disrepute. — 
Id., 60. 

206. A W. C. T. who assaults a member can be dealt 
with for violation of obligation. — Id., 58. 

207. Does a member of our Order violate his obliga- 
tion, by absenting himself from Lodge, when he can 
possibly attend ? 

A. We do not think he violates his obligation, but we 
think every member should attend Lodge meetings when 
he can— Wis., 10th s., 13. 

208. A member who enters a Lodge room, and un- 
known to, and without the authority of the Lodge, takes 
away the officers' regalia, desks, and other property of 
the Lodge, to the amount of fifty dollars, on the plea that 
the Lodge owes him ten or fifteen dollars, and refuses to 
deliver them until such indebtedness is discharged, vio- 
lates his obligation. — Mich., 12th s., 27. 

209. Does a member violate his obligation by perform- 
ing as a musician, that being his occupation, or source of 
livelihood, in a free concert saloon, where intoxicating 
drinks are sold, and also where his music forms one of 
the chief sources of amusement and attraction? 

A. The attending circumstances will govern such case. 
— Cal., 6th s., 25. 

210. It is not a violation of the Good Templar's pledge 
to purchase liquor, in order to get some hold on the dealer 
in the article, for the purpose of making him take out a 
government license, provided^ the liquor so purchased is 
not used as a beverage. — Ind., 10th s., 7. 

211. Where a Grand Lodge authorizes a detective system 
for the purpose of obtaining evidence against liquor sellers 
of their violations of the laws of their State restraining or 
prohibiting the sale of liquors, and the proper officers of 
the Detective Department appoint detectives who are Good 
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Templars to purchase liquors by the glass at public drink- 
ing places, although they may only taste of the liquors to 
determine their character. — R. W. G. L., 13th s"., 87. 111., 
17th s., 42. 

212. Permitting our ballot to be seen, when voting for 
a candidate, is not a violation of any obligation. — Iowa, 
10th s., 6. 

213. But if a member informs a person not a member 
of the Order how he voted, he does violate his obliga- 
tion. — Ibid., 7. 

214. One who casts more than one vote in balloting for 
candidates for membership, election of officers, or any 
other business by ballot, may be tried and punished for 
contempt— G. W. C. T. Potter, N. J., 4th s., 8. 

215. A candidate elect for W. V. T. was appointed as 
one of the tellers; she counted votes cast for herself for 
another candidate, in order to defeat a third^ with whom 
she was at enmity. Did she violate any law, and if so, 
what? A, A candidate for any office should not be ap- 
pointed as a teller. In this case, if the sister willfully 
counted the votes wrong, she can be dealt with for viola- 
tion of obligation, and so may any teller doing the same. 
— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 57. 

216. If a W. C. T. declares a candidate elected when 
four black balls are cast, he can be dealt with for violation 
of obligation, and misdemeanor in office. — Id. 

217. It is not of itself a violation to refuse to bring a 
charge against a member who is known to have violated 
his obligation.— G. W. C. T. Ward, N. Y., 8th s., 12. 

21 8i It is a violation of the principles of our Order to 
wear political badges in the Lodge room. — G. W. C. T. 
Nichols, 111., 10th s., 11. 

219. Mental reservation in taking the obligation does 
not release the party pleading it. — Ind., 12th s., 6. 

Does the declaration of a person who declares he 
answered no, in reference to cider, deprive him of mem- 
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^ No, the W. C. T. has declared he is entitled to all the 
rights and privileges of a member of the Order. And a 
charge must be brought in case of violation of Art. 11, 
and tried in the usual form. — Ibid. 

220. What is the proper manner of answering the ques- 
tion, *^Has any one violated their obligation?'' 

A. This question is not to be answered, "I have," or 
" I have not," nor by members rising to their feet and 
placing their right hand on their heart, etc. ; but when 
this order of business is reached, charges should be pre- 
ferred, if any member knows of any one having violated 
the obligation ; and if any member is present who has 
violated his pledge, he should avail himself of this order 
to make a confession to the Lodge. — G. W. C. T. Chase, 
Pa., 1868. Conn., 5th s., 54. Kas., 10th s., 28. 

221. In passing through the order of business, when 
the question is asked, ''Has any member violated the 

E ledge?" if any member present has done so, he may (if 
e wishes to present the matter to the Lodge himself for 
their action) rise in open Lodge and state the fact; but 
should one member know that another had violated the 
pledge, his duty is to communicate it in writing to the 
W. C. T., in such manner that no other member of the 
Lodge shall know it, as the name of the informant is to 
be kept secret, or only to be divulged under certain cir- 
cumstances. — Mich., 6th s., 14. 

Perhaps I caonot close the decision under this, 
head in more comprehensive language than the fol- 
lowing from P. G. W. C. T. Stuart, of Ohio. 

"As it is difficult to decide the precise time when the ex- 
pressed juice of the apple or grape becomes intoxicating, it is 
decideji that the manufacture, purchase, sale or use of the 
unfermented as well as the fermented juice of either, as a bev- 
erage, is a violation of the pledge. The intent and effect of 
the pledge is to prohibit the manufacture, traflBc and use of all 
ilcoholic and intoxicating drinks, whether enumerated or not. 
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of other persons, though without profit, or acts as salesman for 
a dealer in them, and as such disposes of them, can remain a 
member of the Order. Agents of the law, in the necessary 
discharge of their oflBcial duties, are of course excepted. Fear 
of sickness will not justify the use of such beverages. The 
certificate of a medical adviser should not prevent inquiry, 
where there is evidence of collusion or an attempt to evade 
the pledge by feigned sickness. 

" To drink intoxicating liquors in a place of public resort 
for tippling and intemperance, is a violation of the pledge, al- 
though used as a medicine and prescribed by a physician, for 
it is giving countenance to those places and to the liquor 
traflQc.'* 

For extended remarks upon tlie nature and effi- 
cacy of our obligation, as well as arguments showing 
the necessity of and strength in the secrecy of our 
Order, the reader is referred to " Derry's Lake/' 
by Mrs. Fanny D. B. Chase. (See Adv.) 



Visiting. 

1. On visiting a Lodge, a member gives, at the outer 
gate, the same signal and pass-word as in his own Lodge ; 
but at the inner gate he gives, in addition to the signal 
and explanation, his name and the name and number of 
his Lodge. This the G. announces to the W. V. T., who, 
if there is no doubt in the case, directs him to be ad- 
mitted. The S. may make a note of such visiting mem- 
ber. This is all the introduction necessary. — K. W. G. 
T. Bristol, 1854. 

The name is not required of members entering 
their own Lodge. Members visiting Lodges in other 
States, Territories, Provinces, Kingdoms or Princi- 
palities, must do so in accordance with Art. XL of 
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2. Any member of a Subordinate Lodge, while in pos- i; 
session of the current quarterly pass-word, may visit any I 
Subordinate Lodge without being in possession of a travel- 
ing card and T. P. W.— R. W. G. L., 6th s., 35. 

3. That Art. XL of R. W. G. L. By-Laws be construed 
as not applying to members who are in possession of the 
current quarterly pass- word. — R. W. G. L., 11th s. 

This does not conflict with the 111. decision (6th 
8., 23), as it only uses the word may^ still leaving it 
discretionary with Lodges to admit visitors or not. 

4. Each Lodge is to be the judge of the propriety of 
admitting vouchers from other Lodges. — 111., 1859. 

5. A Lodge has a right to refuse a visitor who has the 
current pass-word, and otherwise proves himself in the 
work of the Order. — Ind., 5th s., 34. Mass., 127. 

6. If a member residing in A, without the consent of 
the Lodge at A, join a Lodge at B, can the W. C. T. of 
the Lodge at A properly direct the guards to exclude that 
person, he having the pass-word ? 

A. No; but if objection is made to his admission, the 
W. C. T. should submit the question to the Lodge, and a 
majority may exclude him. — Iowa, 7th s., 25. 

7. If a member of a Lodge objects to the presence or 
introduction into his own Lodge of a member of another 
Lodge, what is the result of such objection ? A. The ob- 
jecting member may move that such visitor be not ad- 
mitted, and if a majority of the Lodge so vote, such visitor 
cannot be admitted.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 59. 

8. The admission of visitors by Lodges is an act of 
courtesy, and cannot be claimed as a right; and each Lodge 
is to be the judge of the propriety of admitting visitors. — 
111., 6th s., 23. Wis., 10th s., 16. N. Y., 4th s., 15. 

This decision grew out of the following facts : A 
person Hying near F. Lodge, 111., applied for initia- 
tion and was refected. A few days afterward he 



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applied for admission into C. Lodge, situated nine 
miles distant, and that Lodge, not being aware of his 
rejection by F. Lodge, initiated him as a member. 
Shortly after he presented himself at F. Lodge, 
claiming the privilege of a member, which was not 
accorded to him. 

G. W. C. T. Dingley, Me., decides (9th s., 10) 
that visiting is not an act of courteHy but a right. 
In our opinion he is in error, and so decides the 
R. W. G. L. 

9. Any Lodge or Temple has the right to deny ad- 
mission to any visiting member who may have become 
obnoxious, by a majority vote of members in attendance. 
— B. W. G. L., 884. Mass., 274. 

10. Have visiting members a right, without unanimous 
consent, to take part in the deliberations and discussions 
of a Lodge? A. They have a right, if a majority of the 
Lodge so vote. They would have no right to vote even 
with the unanimous consent. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
17th s., 59. 

11. Visitors may act as tellers, or in any position. — 
Cal., 13th s., 70. 

12. A W. C. T. cannot appoint visiting members to fill 
any office in a Lodge if objection is made by any mem- 
ber.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 20th s. 

13. A visitor cannot speak, or take any part in a 
Lodge, unless by permission, except the G. W. C. T., or 
his Deputy. — Can., vol. ix., 13. Me., 9th s., 10. 



14. Good Templars, when visiting other Lodges than 
their own, have no right to dictate as to the proceedings 
of such Lodges. — Cal., 7th s., 28. 

15. Visitors may be invited to fill vacant offices, pro 
tern. — Can., vol. 8. 

16. It is not proper, under the head of the " Good of 



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the Order," to introduce visitors not members of the 
Order.— Pa., 13th s., 33. 

17. In regard to the relative rights of Subordinates and 
their visitors, decided that a member may visit, no matter 
what State or Province he may hail from : 

1. When he is in possession of the Q. P. W. 

2. When, not having the Q. P. W., he holds a visiting 
card, and is possessed of the T. P. W. 

3. When, having neither the Q. nor T. P. W., nor 
visiting card, he is introduced by an elective officer of the 
Grand Lodge, or a Grand Representative, or is vouched 
for by a member of the Lodge which he proposes to visit. 
— G. W. C. T. Campbell, Mo., 11th s., 8. 

18. A member of the Order, wishing to visit a Lodge, 
cannot be vouched for by any other than a member of the 
Lodge he proposes to visit, except by a " Grand Repre- 
sentative or other Grand Officer."— R. W. G. T. Russell, 
18th s., 984. 

19. What is to be understood by vouching for a visiting 
member? 

A, A member vouching for a member, asserts that the 
visitor is in good standing in his own Lodge, has paid for, 
and legally obtained the current quarterly P. W. A mem" 
her cannot vouch for another member of his own Lodge. A 
W. C. T. cannot receive a voucher for a member of his 
own Lodge. Pre-payment of dues is indispensable to a 
seat in a Lodge. Vouching is at variance with the spirit 
and intent of our Constitutions — should be discounte- 
nanced, and only resorted to in extreme cases. — R. W. G. 
T. Chase, 1859. 

20. Can a Lodge refuse to admit a (jrood Templar simply 
on the ground of color? A. No. A Lodge can refuse to 
admit any one who may be objectionable. But for that 
act the Lodge is held responsible by the Grand Lodge. — 
G. W. C. T. Graw, N. J., 6th s., 12. 

21. A member out on a clearance card, and in posses- 
sion of the current quarterly pass-word, has no right to a 



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seat in a Subordinate Lodge as a visitor. — K. W. G. L.^ 
18th 8., 1050. 

22. If a member of Lodge A, visit Lodge B, entering 
said Lodge without giving the name and number of the 
Lodge to which he belongs, it is the duty of the officers 
of Lodge B, to require these facts for record. — Wis., 17th 
8., 47. 

23. A member visiting a Lodge was expelled by a vote 
of the Lodge from the room, on account of slanderous 
words spoken by him of said Lodge. He afterward en- 
tered the Lodge, and was requested to leave, but refused 
to do so. Had he a right to stay in ? 

A. He had not.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 43. 

24. When the Guard does not personally know that a 
person applying for admission to a Lodge, is a member of 
our Order, he should demand the name and number of the 
visitor's Lodge, as well as the explanation and signals; 
and if he still has any reason to doubt the character of 
the visitor, he should call the P. W. C. T. to further test 
him.— G. W. C. T. Dingley, Me., 9th s., 10. 



Voting. 

1. The voting in our Order, under Art. 8th uniform 
code upon all questions connected with or affecting the 
discipline of members, must be by ballot, in accordance 
with Sec. 5th. For instance, upon a motion to amend 
the recommendation of the committee, in any form, the 
vote should be by ballot, whereas, votes upon motions to 
postpone, recommit, or reconsider, may be taken in the 
usual wav.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1868. Conn., 6th 
%.j 49. 

2. At a regular meeting of a Lodge a vote is passed 
favoring a certain proposition. At a subsequent meeting 
(three weeks having elapsed) a vote directly opposite was 
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order, until the iBrst was reconsidered. The Deputy de- 
cided it in order and sustained by G. W. C. T. Walkley, 
Conn., 4th s., 13. 

3. In Conn., by constitutional provision, a Lodge can- 
not be chartered in a town where another Lodge exists, 
without the consent of such Lodge, or the vote of the 
Grand Council. Brewster Lodge, No. 13, is located in 
New Haven. At a regular meeting of this Lodge, held 
Oct. 25th, 1866, a communication was presented to the 
Lodge, asking its consent for the institution of another 
Lodge in New Haven. A motion was made that Brewster 
Lodge give its consent, as requested,'^ which was lost. 

At a regular meeting of the Lodge, held Dec. 13th, 
seven weeks after the meeting referred to, another com- 
munication, similar to the first, was presented ; whereupon 
a motion was made, and adopted, that Brewster Lodge 
give their consent, as requested. 

At the next regular meeting of the Lodge, held Dec. 
20th, the question was raised, whether the vote of Dec. 
13th, was legal, and it was claimed that the action of 
Oct. 25th, negativing the motion to give consent, must 
first be reconsidered, according to rule 25th of the Rules 
of the Order, or be repealed or rescinded according to 
Rule 17. 

The Lodge Deputy decided the vote of Dec. 13th legal; 
and on appeal, the Grand Council being divided, by con- 
sent it was referred to P. R. W. G. T. Chase, for final 
adjudication. 

Decided, The vote of Brewster Lodge of 13th Dec, 
legal, and that the decision of Lodge Deputy should be 
sustained. According to Parliamentary Law, a question 
finally determined, cannot be brought up and acted on 
at the same session, except in the form of reconsideration, 
no matter how long the session may continue ; but each 
Lodge meeting is a distinct and independent session ; as 
much so as two sessions of a State Legislature, a year or 
two years apart, or two sessions of the R. W. G. Lodge, 
with a year intervening. — P. R. W. G. T. Chase, 1867. 



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4. Whether " voting for expulsion," or anything else, 
the W. C. T. should require all the members present to 
vote, unless for good reason the Lodge should excuse 
them ; but in case any shall neglect or refuse to vote, the 
constitutional majority of those who do vote, will be suffi- 
cient to carry the question. — G. W. C. T. Russell, Mich., 
13th 8., 18. G. W. C. T. Drew, Mo., 71. 

5. When a vote is being taken in a Lodge, must all the 
members vote unless excused by the Lodge? A, No; 
unless a provision of the Constitution or other form of 
Jaw governing the Lodge should plainly require it ; or in 
cases where it is provided by law that a motion or resolu- 
tion shall require the votes of a majority of those present 
to be declared carried. The condition or term, those pres- 
entj implies that all should vote.— R. W. G. T. Orne, 816. 

6. The W. C. T. and Lodge can compel all membei-s 
to vote, when the yeas and nays on a division are called, 
unless excused by a vote of the Lodge. — G. W. C. T, 
Chase, Pa., 16th s., 21. 

7. A Lodge has power to require all members to vote, 
and if the Lodge do not choose to exercise that power, a 
two-thirds majority of those voting is sufficient to decide a 
question of punishment. — Ibid., 17th s., 59. 

8. Two members having been excused from voting, 
would a motion that no member be excused be in order, 
and should the W. C. T. entertain the motion ? 

A, The W. C. T. might, with propriety, entertain such 
a motion ; but an affirmative vote of the Lodge would not 
bind the two members, whom the Lodge had already ex- 
cused, without first considering the motion by which they 
were excused. — Mich., 13th s., 18. 

9. If a brother refuses to vote, when the yeas and 
nays are called, and the Lodge refuses to excuse him 
from voting, he is liable to be tried for contempt.— 
Iowa, 11th 8., 7. 

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privilege while standing outside, and voting through the 
open window. 

We have forma for entering and retiring while a Lodge 
is in session which must be observed in all cases, and no 
member can enter or retire without compliance with these 
forms. If the member leaves in form, he voluntarily re- 
signs his rights in the Lodge room while absent ; and if 
outside without compliance with the forms, he is not in 
order to exercise the privileges of the Lodge while in 
session.— K. W. G. T. Orne, 722. 

11. Whenever a G. L. has less than its full complement 
of Representatives in attendance upon R. W. G. L., the 
delegation present shall be allowed to cast the full vote 
of such G. L.— R. W. G. L., 859. 

12. Sec. 3 and 8 of Art. I., G. L. Constitution, shall be 
so construed that Representatives only shall be entitled to 
vote for officers or Representatives to the R. W. G. L., or 
when the yeas and nays are called. — R. W. G. L., 784. 

13. In determining whether the yeas and nays are 
ordered under Sec. 8, Art. I., G. L. Constitution, by the 
requisite one-fifth, all officers and past officers, Repre- 
sentatives and past Representatives, or all members under 
Sec. 3, Art. I., should only be counted. — R. W. G. L., 
19th 8., 96. 

14. A member voting in the minority, upon a question 
considered vital to the Order, cannot enter upon the min- 
utes a protest against the action of the majority, without 
leave of the Lodge, there being no such thing as a con- 
stitutional right to enter protests upon the record. — P. G. 
W. C. T. Switzler, Mo., 1856, 28. 

15. Where a Constitution says the W. C. T. shall give 
the casting vote on all matters before the Lodge, when a 
tie may occur, it means on any question where a majority 
vote decides the question. — Iowa, 11th s., 7, 

16. Should members who do not vote, be counted in the 
affirmative, when the vote is by ball ballots ? 



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A. No; but all should be required to vote, unless ex- 
cused by the Lodge. — Mich., 12th s., 27. 

Members who do not vote, if counted at all should 
always be counted in the negative. 

17. In taking a vote by the uplifted hand, and only a 
part of the members vote, it is not proper for the W. C. T. 
to decide that all those who do not vote are considered as 
being in the affirmative. — Wis., 9th s., 16. 

18. When the W. C. T. discovers that he has made a 
mistake in announcing the result of the ballot, all pro- 
ceedings based upon such error should be rescinded, and 
the Lodge be governed bv the corrected statement. — G. 
W. C. T. Russell, Mich., 13th s., 17. 

19. In taking a vote in a Subordinate Lodge where a 
majority, a one-third or two-thirds vote is required, does 
the rule of the Order require the said majoritWs to be of 
all the members present, or only of those who vote? 

A. It requires in each case respectively a majority, or 
one-third, or two-thirds, as the case may be, of the mem- 
bers voting, except in those cases where the Constitution or 
By-Laws expressly provide that it shall be a majority, or 
one-third, or two-thirds, as the case may be, of all the 
members present. — Mich., 11th s., 14. 

20. If a member without the pass votes upon a proposi- 
tion for membership, and the candidate is elected, is said 
ballot illegal, and would it be in order for the W. C. T. 
to order another ballot at any time before the initiation 
of said candidate ? 

A. Such ballot would not be illegal unless the result of 
the balloting was such that it might have been determined 
by such illegal vote ; in which case the W. C. T. should 
order another ballot. — Mich., 11th s., 14. 

21. Can a member who was not present at the last Lodge 
meeting, make a motion to reconsider a vote taken on that 
evening, even if he says that if he had been present, he 
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A. He cannot— P. R. W. G. T. Chase, 1866. 

22. After the W. C. T. has stated a question to the 
Lodge, and arisen to put the question, a motion to ad- 
journ is not in order. — Mich., 13th s., 30. 

23. In all elections in our Order, it has ever been the 
practice in Sub., Grand, and R. W. G. Lodge, so far as 
my experience goes, to count all votes cast for a member, 
where it is evident that the voter intended such votes for 
that member. For instance, if Wm. Jackson is a candi- 
date for W. C. T., and is the only person by that name 
nominated for that office, votes for William Jackson, Wm. 
Jackson, W. Jackson, Bro. Jackson, or Jackson, should 
all be counted, as we may reasonably presume the inten- 
tion of each voter to cast a ballot for the only Jackson 
placed in nomination. 

We are not governed by the same strict rules which are 
applied tAivil elections.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1868. 

24. In balloting under Sec. 5, Art. 8, Subordinate Lodge 
Constitution, to determine any punishment, ball, paper, or 
a marked ballot of any kind to determine the character of 
the vote will answer the requirements of the Constitution, 
provided, if taken by ballj there must be at least as many 
balls of each color as members in the Lodge room, and 
the W. C. T. must announce distinctly what colored balls 
ghall he for punishment and what against. — Ibid. 

25. Any Subordinate Lodge using the Uniform Consti- 
tution can make a by-law, subject to the approval of the 
Grand Lodge, or G. W. C. T., defining what shall consti- 
tute legal votes, and prescribing that none but legal votes 
shall be counted.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 19th s., 58. 

26. Where a member has been excused from voting on a 
question before the Lodge, he can afterward vote on the 
same proposition. — Ind., 17th s., 38. 

27. Age can be made a qualification for voting in any 
Lodge, but on any question prescribing such qualification 
all members have the right to vote, and sucli a by-law 
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adoption.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., lOtli s., 58. Cal., 12th 
8., 17. N. Y., 8th P., 10. 

28. A Lodge can deal with a member who, by pvhlic 
speaking, supports for the Assembly or Senate a man whom 
he knows is a member of the "Personal Liberty Associa- 
tion," such association having for its aim the repeal of the 
" Graham Bill (a bill making the owner and seller of 
liquor responsible in damages). — Wis., 17th s., 49. 

Quere. Why not voting as well as speaking f 



W. C. Templars. 

1. If officers elected to positions requiring the degrees 
decline to receive them, they cannot be installed, and the 
W. C. T. should declare the election void.— P. K. W. G. 
T. Bristol, 1853. 

2. And order another election to fill the vacancy. — Pa., 
10. 

There is a great diversity among our Grand 
Lodges in the eligibility of officers ; some requiring 
all the elective officers to have taken the degrees; 
some the W. C. T. and the W. V. T., and others 
only the W. C. T. 

3. The Constitution of Subordinate Lodges must require 
the W. C. T. to be a Degree member.— -R. W. G. T. Chase, 
6th s., 9. 

4. Above decision revoked, and the Degree qualification 
for office in the Subordinate Lodge abolished. — E. W. G. 
L., 955. 

Quere. As the R. W. Gr. L. has never amended 
Art. 5, Sec. 2, of Subordinate Lodge Constitution, 
so as to agree with above decision, is it of any va- 
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5. A W. C. T. refusing to abide the decision of his 
Lodge until reversed by higher authority forfeits both his 
seat and honors. — Can., vol. 9, 13. 

6. If a W. C. T. refuses to obey the instructions or de- 
cisions of the proper Deputy for his Lodge, when acting 
officially, he can be charged with contempt and insubor- 
dination to a Grand Lodge officer, and tried by the Grand 
Lodge. The punishment of such G. L., however, could 
go no farther than deposition from his office and mem- 
bership in such G. L., if a member. The Subordinate 
Lodge could then proceed and try him for a violation of 
his obligation, and punish as in other cases. — E. W. G. T. 
Chase, 7th s., 11. 

This of course irtiplies that the decisions are legal, 
and do not violate the Constitution. If a Deputy 
undertakes to do what the G. W. C, T. has no au- 
thority to do, the W. C. T. is not bound to submit 
to his decisions. If, for instance, in the usual course 
of things, a Lodge should constitutionally reject a 
candidate, no Deputy has the power to say that the 
Lodge must admit such a person. Nor has he the 
right to decide that the Lodge must take back a 
member who, in accordance with the forms pre- 
scribed, has been expelled. Such an usurpation of 
authority, if allowed, would destroy all our Lodges, 
and is not, therefore, to be submitted to. 

7. A W. C. T. cannot order any portion of the proceed- 
ings of the Lodge expunged^ and the penalty for such an 
offence would be the same as for any violation of his obli- 
gation.— R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 11. 

8. Nor can he order any alteration in the record of the 
Lodge.— Mich., 8th s., 16. 

9. The W. C. T. cannot on his own authority, without 
consent of the Lodge, dispense with any " order of busi* 



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ness." When tliere is no objection, it is the practice of 
W. C. Ts. to pass from one order of business to another 
without taking the items in rotation, and to go back and 
re-open any order of business ; but if there is any objec- 
tion, the order of business cannot be suspended, or any 
part omitted, or the order changed, except by a two-thirds 
vote of the Lodge— G. W. C. T. Chiise, Pa., 16th s., 21. 
Iowa, 14th s., 7. 

10. It is the duty of the W. C. T. to preserve order in 
liis Lodge, and to this end he may require members to 
ask permission to leave their seats, except to leave for the 
purpose of retiring from the Lodge room. This latter 
they have a right to do at any and all times, except dur- 
ing the opening, closing or initiatory ceremonies, when 
they cannot leave without circumstances absolutely re- 
quire it, and by permission given. It is not necessary 
that a W. C. T. enforce that all keep their seats, unless it 
become, in his judgment, necessary, in order to preserve 
good order and decorum ; and then it becomes his duty to 
do so, and each member is required to obey. — Mich., 7th 
s., 12. 

11. An officer cannot vacate his seat while the Lodge 
is in session, without the perjnission of the W. C. T.— 
Iowa, 8th s., 20. 

12. A W. C. T. has no right to prohibit a member from 
retiring from the room after such member has received 
the retiring salutation from the W. V. T. — Ind., 17th s., 
34. 

13. A motion prevailed in a Lodge to have a recess of 
ten minutes; also, another motion to keep the doors 
closed during recess. A lady not having heard the last 
motion went into the ante-room. On attempting to return, 
the W. C. T. refused to allow her to enter, when a brother 
forced him from the door and admitted the lady. The W. 
C. T. at once brought a charge against the brother. Had 
the W. C. T. power to act during recess, not being in the 
chair, or had the brother a right to force him from the 
door? A. If the Lodge ordered the door closed during 

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recess, the W. C. T. had the right to execute the order of 
the Lodge. If the lady went out, not being aware of the 
motion, and the door not being barred, she had a right to 
enter again, provided the door was still unobstructed. As 
tlie door was closed upon her, sh-e should have waited un- 
til the Lodge was regularly called to order before enter- 
ing. The W. C. T. has power to act during recess, espe* 
cially to execute the orders of the Lodge, and I cannot 
see how the brother had any right to force open the door, 
or in any manner to attempt the same. — G. W. C. T, 
Chase, Pa., 17th s., 59. 

14. AW. C. T. has a right to direct the G. not to allow 
members to leave the room during recess. — Id., 60. 

15. A W. C. T. has no more right to enter his Lodge 
during the opening ceremonies, than any other member. 
—Mich., 8th s., 15. 111., 18th s., 9. 

16. The W. C. T. controls the ante-room, and may order 
the members to come into the Lodge room. The Lodge, 
through the W. C. T., has control of all the rooms of the 
Lodge.— Vt., 5th s., 19. 

17. A W. C. T. may be elected to the Chair for two 
or more consecutive terms, and may be thus re-elected 
without first passing the chair of P. W. C. T.— E. W. G. 
L., 8th s., 6. 

18. " Can a W. C. T. at the close of his official term be 
elected to any other office, or must he take his seat as P. 
W. C. T..for the next term, unless re-elected W. C. T. ?" 

He cannot ; as Sec. 1, Art. 6, clearly demands that he 
shall perform the duties appertaining to the office of P. 
W. C. T. for that term.— E. W. G. T. Orne, 899. 

R. W. G. T. Eussell (19th s., 15) decides the re- 
verse of the above, which by a strange oversight of 
the Committee on Appeals was affirmed by E. W. 
G. L. Bro. Orne's is the only correct decision under 
Art. 6, Sec. 1. 

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served in a subordinate office, is eligime to the chair for 
the second terra, and any number of terms thereafter. — 
Wis., 8th s., 30. 

20. If the Chair of W. C. T. becomes vacant during the 
term, and a new one is elected, he should be installed. — 
G. T., vol. 6, 57. 

21. Can the W. C. T. elect enter upon the duties of his 
office before he is installed, and appoint the appointed 
officers of the Lodge, or must he first be installed, and 
then make the appointment? 

A. He may so far enter upon the duties of his office as 
to make the appointments before he is installed. See 
page 36 of the Eitual.— G. W. C. T. Russell, Mich., 13th 
s., 18. 

22. A person cannot hold the office of W. C. T. and T. 
at the same time. — Vt., 5th s., 6. 

23. The W. C. T. and F. S. cannot be members of the 
Finance Committee.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 23. 

24. A State Deputy may hold the office of W. C. T., or 
any office in a Sujbordinate Lodge. — E. W. G. L., 958. 

25. A Trustee of a Lodge can hold the office o^ W. C. 
T.— Mich., 14th 8., 38. 

26. When it is necessary for a person to have served in 
a subordinate office before being eligible to the office of 
W. C. T., a member would not be eligible who has held 
no elective or appointed office except Trustee. — Ind., 7th 
6., 12. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 18th s., 45. 

27. A member, who at the beginning of the quarter was 
elected to a subordinate office, and resigned the same be- 
fore the expiration of the quarter, the resignation being 
accepted, is not eligible to the office of W. C. T., if the 
Lodge had been installed three full terms. He must have 
served in the subordinate office one term, and by his resig- 
nation he lost the honors of the office. — Mich., 14th s., 41. 

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28. In the absence of the W. C. T., the W. V. T. can- 
not call the Lodge to order from his own seat, but must 
occupy the chair of the W. C. T. — Mich., 6th s., 6. 

29. Can the W. C. T. call any P. W. C. T. to the chair, 
he being present himself? / 

A. Ordinarily he cannot, yet there are times when 
courtesy would allow of its being done, and that very 
properly. — Iowa, 8th s., 37. 

30. The W. V. T. has the right to call the D. G. W. C. 
T. to the chair, to preside over the Lodge in the absence 
of the W. C. T.— Ibid., 42. 

Any officer entitled to the chair may yield the 
claim to the G. W. C. T. or his Deputy, or any vis- 
iting P. W. C. T. or W. C. T. 

31. The W. C. T. of a Lodge can invite a visiting W. 
C. T. to preside over the Lodge visited, without a special 
motion carried to that purpose. — Cal., 7th s., 30. 

32. In the absence of the K. and L. H. Supporters, the 
Lodge can be opened by the W. C. T., without appointing 
such Supporters, but it is recommended that they be ap- 
pointed. But a W. C. T. has no right to open a Lodge, 
without first appointing a W. V. T., that chair being 
vacant. — Mich., 8th s., 15. 

33. A W. C. T. has no power to fill vacancies with 
other acting officers, and then re-fill such vacancies. — 111., 
8th s., 50. 

34. The presiding officer must leave the chair if he 
washes to take part in the discussion ; and in no case, 
while occupying a chair, can he second a motion. — Tern. 
Off., vol. 4, 4. 

35. Or make one.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s., 60. 

36. The W. C. T. can call the K. H. S. to his chair, 
and then debate a question that is before the Lodge. — • 
Mich., 6th p., 6. 

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an order upon the Treasurer without the authority of the 
Lodge, and is responsible to the same for the money. — 
G. W. a T. Drew, Mo., 72. G. W. C. T. Chase, 18th 
8., 46. 

38. It is the duty of members to salute the W. C. T. on 
entering when the chair of P. W. C. T. is vacant. — Id., 
19th s., 59. 

39. A W. C. T. has no power to fine a member ; all 
fines not imposed by the By-Laws, must be assessed by a 
vote of the Lodge. — Iowa, 8th s., 9. 

40. A W. C. T. has no power to impose a fine on a 
member for refusing to serve on a committee, or perform 
the duties of any office to which he has been elected or 
appointed. — G. T., vol. 5, 155. 

41. Nor to fine or reprimand a member who refuses, 
temporarily, to fill an office. — Wis., 8th s., 7. 

42. The W.'C. T. administers the obligation in ca-se a 
member is re-obligated. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 
23. 

43. A W. C. T. violates his obligation by putting a mo- 
tion to the Lodge over which he presides, which will in- 
fringe upon our Constitution, and he ought to refuse to , 
put such a motion. — Can., vol. 19, 41. Mich., 12th s., 28. 
111., 8th s., 50. 

44. He decides all rules of order, subject to an appeal 
to the Lodge. — Iowa, 14th s., 7. 

45. Any acting W. C. T. or W. C. T. pro iem., is au- 
thorized to communicate the pass-word to members, and 
is clothed with all the powers of the office. — Ind., 6th 
8., 15. 

46. No member has a right to correct the W. C. T. in 
the unwritten work of the Order, while instructing an 
initiate in the same, during the ceremonv, but may do so 
privately.— 111., 9th s., 32. Pa., 18th s., 44. 

47. Even though he knows he is giving it incorrectly.— 
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48. But a Deputy or a P. W. C. T. has the right to do 
so, though it is in bad taste, and greatly mars the beauty 
and impressiveness of our ceremony ; and it is hoped these 
officers will in all cases suspend the exercise of such right 
until the close of the ceremony. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
18th s., 44. 

49. A W. C. T. violates his obligation who knowingly 
allows members to sit and vote in the Lodge who are not 
clear on the books. — Can., vol. 10, 25. 

50. A W. C. T. has the right to vote at the election of 
officers the same as any other member. — Can., vol. 14, 13. 

51. And at all ballotings. — Wis., 5th s., 15. 

52. A W. C. T. can resign at any time, and it should he 
in writing. — Mich., 8th s., 15. 

53. No vote of want of confidence" in a W. C. T. can 
compel him or her to resign the office. — Can., vol. 12, p. 
13. 

54. A W. C. T. can lawfully resign his office on the 
night of the expiration of his term, and previous to the 
installation of his successor. If so, he forfeits all honors 
wnd privileges as P. W. C. T., and the junior P. W. C. T. 
present, acts as P. W. C. T. for the succeeding term. 

55. When a D. T. or W. C. T. does not decide in ac- 
cordance with the ballots cast by the members of the 
Lodge, they can be tried for a violation of their official 
obligation, taken when installed, the same as for violation 
of Art. 2.— Iowa, 11th s., 8. 

56. A W. C. T. having declared at the election Bro. A 
duly elected, has no right at the next subsequent meeting 
to pronounce his election illegal. — Mich., 14th s., 40. 

57. If a W. C. T. sees a member violating his pledge, 
is it his duty to prefer a charge, or should he wait till 
some other person prefers the charge before he takes ac- 
tion? 

A, He should prefer the charge himself, and at once. 
An officer occupies a two-fold position in the Lodge, as an 
officer and member. — G. T., vol. 6, 9. 



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58. A Degree member having violated Article 2 of the 
Constitution cannot act as W. C. T. without being re-obli- 
gated in the Degrees, as well as the Subordinate Lodge. — 
Can., vol. 19, 26. 

59. A W. C. T. should never give the P. W. to a mem- 
ber who is not clear of the books, and if he does so will- 
fully is liable to be tried for misdemeanor in office, but 
would not be liable pecuniarily to the Lodge. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 17th s., 60. 

60. The W. C. T. has the right to declare a motion out 
of order, even if he has stated it to the Lodge and the 
question been called, subject, of course, to appeal to the 
Lodge, if any member desires to do so. — Id. 

61. The presiding officer of a Subordinate Lodge must 
be addressed as Worthy Chief or Worthy Chief Templar y and 
no other form of address is admissible. — G. W. C. T. 
Drew, Mo., 72. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1870. 

62. A W. C. T. who initiates by merely obligating and 
instructing in the unwritten work, without other form, 
violates his official obligation. — Wis., 14th s., 39. 

63. Sec. 2, Art. 6, authorizes the W. C. T. and Sec. to 
call a special meeting of the Lodge without the written 
application of seven members. — G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
18th 8., 45. 

64. A W. C. T. may occupy the chair while under a 
charge, as a member loses none of his rights and privi- 
leges until proven guilty. — IlL, 9th s., 32. 

Undoubtedly he mai/, but he ought not to. He 
should retire, and allow the W. V. T. or some P. W. 
C. T. to occupy the chair until a final disposition of 
his case. 

65. A special commission can be sent to a W. C. T. of a 
Lodge to organize a new Lodge. — Can., vol. 20, 59. 

66. The W. C. T. should be counted, in ascertaining the 



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number of members present, in taking a two-third vote.— 
Kansas, 2d s., 15. 

67. The W. V. T. is not entitled to the appointment of 
the minority of the Standing Committee in a Lodge ; but 
the W. C. T. appoints the entire committee. — Caj., 8th s., 
42. 

68. When charges or other matter is brought up in the 
Lodge and referred to committees, has the W. C. T. any 
further responsibility concerning them ? 

A, Yes, to see that the committee is held to a discharge 
of its duties, or in default thereof dealt with, and a new 
committee appointed. — Wis., 12th s., 22. 



W. V. Templars. 

1. The W. V. T. has the right to call the D. G. W. C. 
T. to the chair, to preside over the Lodge, in the absence 
of the W. C. T.— Iowa, 8th s., 42. 

2. Or any P. W. C. T. When the W. V. T; presides, 
fihe should appoint a W. V. T. pro tern, — 111., 8th s., 12. 

3. When a charge is preferred against a W. C. T., the 
W. V. T. shall appoint the Committee of Investigation. — 
111., 8th s., 49. Wis., 16th s., 61. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
1870. 

4. The W. V. T. appoints one person on the Committee 
of Investigation, if serving pro tern, A pi^o tern, officer bus 
the same duties as the regularly elected one. — G. W. C. T. 
Giles, Wis., 1866, 

5. At the opening ceremonies, it is the duty of the W. 
y. T. to leave her seat in order to see that the Guards are 
at their proper places, and are correct, etc. — G. W. C. T. 
Chase, Pa., 16th s., 17. Cal., 6th s., 22^. 

6. It is improper for the W. V. T. to give the saluta- 
tion to the W. C. T. after examining the Guards at the 
opening of the Lodge. One reason against it is, you are 
not yet satisfied that all present are entitled to remain. — 



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K. W. G. T. Kussell, 19th s., 16. G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 
20th s. 

Withdrawals. 

For manner of withdrawing from the Order see 
Art. 9, Sec. 1, of Sub. Constitution. (Ante, p. 48.) 

1. Cannot be done verbally, by proxy. — Cal., 4th s., 41. 

2. And in case the W. F. S. neglects to strike off liis 
name as directed, he is not a member of the Lodge. — 
Iowa, 8th s., 38. 

3. Members withdrawing from the Order are not en- 
titled to cards or any further privilege in the Order, but 
are held to the obligation of secrecy. — R. W. G. L., 3d 
8., 281. 

4. No charge can be preferred against a member for 
violation of his obligation, committed after notice of with- 
drawal has been given, in accordance with the provisions 
of the Constitution, as such notice terminates his connec- 
tion with the Lodge, as far as any violation that may 
afterward be committed ; and as a member in good stand- 
ing can, at any time, resign his membership when clear 
of charges on the books, and that such membership ceases 
when he gives such notice.^ — R. W. G. T. Chase, 7th s., 14. 
Ibid., 12. 

5. Suppose a brother asks to withdraw from his Lodge, 
his dues being paid and no charges against him. At the 
time the comraujaication. i& read^ a member rises, and ob- 
jects on the ground that the brother has violated his ob- 
ligation. Can the member, at this stage of proceedings, 
oppose his withdrawal ? Ans. Objection may be made to 
withdrawal any time before final action (final, action being 
striking name from- roll), provided^ pvuch objection is at 
once followed up by a cliarge in due form.— Id., G. W. C. 
T. Hickman, Ky., 6th s., 42. G. W. C. T. Olnev, K I., 
4th s., 7. G. W. C. T. Smith, Mo., loth s., 41. G. W. C. 
T. Ball, N. Y., 5th s., 8, 



3G2 WITHDRAWALS. 

6. Members can resign their membership in our Order 
at any time, when clear of charges on the books ; and the 
effect of such resignation cannot be restricted to the end 
of the quarter J but is immediate —B.. W. G. T. Chase, Pa., 
7th B., 12. 

7. There is no such thing in our Order as a withdrawal 
card. Any one who desires to do so, can withdraw from 
the Order by paying all dues, there being no charge 
against him for violation of his obligations, on his giving 
the notice required by the rules of the Lodge of which he 
is a member ; but a person thus withdrawing, is not en- 
titled to a card of any kind.— R. W. G. T. Hastings, 13tli 
s., 8. 

8. A member having resigned, must retire immediately 
when his name is ordered to be erased by the W. C. T., 
except he be permitted to remain in the Lodge during 
that evening, by the courtesy of the Lodge. — Cal., 8th s.," 
42. 

9. A member withdrawing from the Order, terminates 
his membership at once on giving in his resignation, so 
far as responsibility to the Order for his future conduct is 
concerned, and should, therefore, leave the room imme- 
diately; but for any previous misconduct, he may be 
proceeded against precisely as though he had not re- 
signed his membership. — G. W. C. T. Tower, Conn., 3d 
s, 11. 

10. A person applying for a withdrawal from the Order, 
may, at any time before the name is stricken from the roll, 
request the Lodge to allow him to withdraw the applica- 
tion, and a majority vote of the Lodge shall be sufficient 
to grant such request. — G. W. C. T. Nichols, III., 11th 
B., 10. 

11. " W. C. T., brothers and sisters, I denounce all con- 
nection with the I. O. of G. T.,'' held to be a sufficient 
resignation from the Order. — R. W. G. T. Hastings, 10th 
8., 8. 



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363 



In this case, there was nothing to show that any 
disrespect was intended, and it was supposed that 
the word " denounce was inadvertently used. 

12. When a member withdraws from a Lodge and the 
Order, he cannot thereafter visit the Lodge, even though 
he be in possession of the Q. P. W. — 111., 6th s. 

13. A member can withdraw on the first of February, 
without being required to pay the dues for the quarter ter- 
minating with the month of April, if the notice of with- 
drawal is given before the new officers are installed, and 
the Lodge is in possession of the new pass-word. — R. W. 
G. T. Hastings, 13th s., 9. 

14. Above refers to both withdrawals from the Order 
and clearance cards. — R. W. G. T. Orne, 15th s., 9. 

15. If a member withdraws at any time during a term, yet 
has not attended a Lodge meeting, or received the pass- 
word during the term, he cannot be discharged by his 
paying up to the time of his application for discharge, or 
his notice of withdrawal, but must pay for the full term. 
— Mass., 115. 

16. Is a member entitled to the pass-word at the com- 
mencement of the quarter, when he has given notice to 
withdraw from the Order? or, having obtained the pass- 
word, should he be permitted to withdraw ? 

A, A member is not entitled to the pass-word after 
giving notice to withdraw from the Order. 

17. The possession of the pass-word has no effect on 
withdrawal, — 111., 13th s. 

18. If a member violates the pledge, and requests his 
name erased from the Constitution before a charge can be 
preferred, the Lodge has no right to grant the request. — 
Can., vol. 12, p. 46. 

19. A member cannot withdraw from a Lodge, and 
have his name erased, while under charge, or while there 
is sufficient evidence to prefer one. — 111., 1857. 



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20. A notice of withdrawal from the Order should not 
be entertained, nor should the W. C. T. order the name 
of such person stricken from the roll, so long as he is in 
arrears in any branch of the Order. — Conn., 9th s., 10. 

21. A member cannot be prevented from withdrawing 
from the Order because he refuses to pay a voluntary sub- 
scription.— G. W. C. T. Potter, N. J., 2d s., 41. 

22. When a member withdraws from the Order, and 
afterward breaks the pledge, and is again initiated, such 
a member is not entitled to the honors held by him pre* 
vious to withdrawing. — Wis., 7th s., 8. 

• Yes, and his honors are lost, whether he has vio- 
lated the pledge or not. 

23. A withdrawn member is not liable to the Lodge for 
violating his pledge. — Ind., 6th s., 14. 

24. When a member resigns his membership, neighbor- 
ing Lodges must be notified, the same as in cases of ex- 
pulsion. — Iowa, 7th s., 25. 

25. A person having resigned his membership in this 
Order, can only be re-admitted by initiation. — Iowa, 7th s. 
111., 8th s., 50. 

26. A member who has withdrawn from the Order, 
may rejoin the Lodge from which he withdrew, or any 
other Lodge, by initiation, before the expiration of the 
six months. — Iowa, 8th s., 22. 

27. A member gets up in open Lodge and reads his 
withdrawal from the Lodge, and immediately leaves the 
room ; the Secretary fails to note his withdrawal, and no 
action is taken by the Lodge thereon. Subsequently the 
Ledge voted inviting the brother in question to come back 
to the Lodge, which he afterward did, and was accepted as 
a member without initiation. Could he come back with- 
out being initiated ? 

A. Ni^.— Iowa, 14th s., 9. * 



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28. If a brother has withdrawn and been received hy 
the Lodge back as a member without being initiated, has 
acted as a member, held offices, paid dues, etc., for a long 
time; must he leave the Lodge? 

A, He is not legally a member; but as I am led to 
believe that the Lodge intended no wrong and that the 
member in question also acted in good faith, I recommend 
that the brother be re-obligated, and thus end the dispute, 
being more careful in the future. — Ibid. 

29. In all cases of resignation or withdrawal from our 
Order, the person so withdrawn or resigned can only come 
back to the Order by initiation, and in the case under con- 
sideration (being a member who had violated his pledge, 
and thus withdrew before charge), if the person should be 
initiated and thus become a member of our Order again, 
he could not be tried for the violation of the pledge, com- 
mitted before his withdrawing. 

Before his name was stricken from the roll, a charge 
could have been preferred, and he tried ; but he being 
permitted to withdraw, the jurisdiction of the Lodge over 
him ceased, and it would not attach to him upon his 
joining by initiation, because he comes in as a new mem- 
ber. There is no such thing as a withdrawn member 
coming in as an Ancient Good Templar. — P. K. W. G. T. 
Chase, 1865. 

30. It is not necessary for a member to resign his office 
in the Order for the purpose of becoming a Charter mem- 
ber in a new Lodge ; but he can do so by taking a clear- 
ance card from his Lodge, and depositing it in the new. — 
Iowa, 10th s., 38. 

31. A member of Lodge A sent in his resignation ; 
the W. F. S. stated that the brother was not clear on 
the books. The W. C. T. decided the resignation could 
not be accepted. During the week following the brother 
paid his dues, but at the succeeding meeting the W. F. S. 
neglected to read the resignation the second time. Is the 
brother still a member of the Lodge? A, Inasmuch as 
he paid the dues during the week, the presumption is that 



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lie intendeil the payment to make him clear on the books 
for the purpose of perfecting his resignation, and at the 
next meeting his name shoiiki have been stricken from 
the roll. If not done at the next meeting, it could be 
done at any time after that. Am therefore of the opinion 
that he is not a member.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th 
s., 61. 

Amendment. 

1. A proposition to amend a By-Law, or add a new one, 
which must lie over one week before any action can be 
had on it, comes up fur action under the head of "un- 
linished business." The proposition is tirst offered under 
the head of new business, and it is considered as business 
commenced by the Lodge, when first entertained by the 
Chair and seconded in the Secretary's minutes. Recom- 
mitments also come up under the head of unfinished busi- 
ness.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 20. 

2. An amendment of the By-Laws of a Lodge, increas- 
ing the fees and dues, must be approved by the G. W. C. 
T. to be of binding force. 

3. A resolution to amend Art. 3 of Sec. 1 of By-Laws, 
being offered at the close of one quarter and adopted at 
the first meeting of the next quarter, the amendment goes 
into effect for the quarter in which it was adopted. — Id. 

4. If a Lodge amends its By-Laws v^o as to increase its 
fees and dues, the increase of fees commences with the 
passage of the amendment, if approved by G. W. C. T., 
and the increase of dues takes eliect at the beginning of 
next quarter.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 17th s. 



Forms. 



A member in good standing of a Subordinate Lodge, at 
the time it surrenders or forfeits its charter, is entitled to a 
card or certificate from the Grand Lodge, and the following 
is hereby declared to be a proper form of the same : 

INDEPENDEJfT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. 
Grand Lodge of , to whom it may concern : 

Whereas, Lodge, No .located in , un- 
der the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, hath its 

charter; of which Lodge whose signature appears 

in the margin, in own handwriting, was a member in 

good standing at the time of dissolution, as appears from the 
recommendation of the D. G. W. C. T. for said Lodge: — 
Know ye, that in accordance with the provisions of the Con- 
stitution of said Grand Lodge, and the usages of our Order, 
we have granted the said this certificate, and rec- 
ommend to the due regard of all members of this Order. 

rtiaoi 1 Witness the hand of our G. W. Secretary, and the 
L.-ieai.j g^^j Q^jj. Qrand Lodge, this day of 18 



FORM OF CREDENTIAL OF REPRESENTATIVE. 

Lodge, No , I. O. of G. T., of 

To the Officers and Members of Grand Lodge : 

This is to certify that has been duly elected 

[Regular or Proxy,] Representative of this Lodge to Grand 
Lodge until 18 

W. C. T. 

[Seal.] , W. S. 

Dated, 

CREDENTIAL OF P. W. C. T., OR W. C. T. 

Lodge, No , I. O. of G. T., of 

To the Officers and Members of Grand Lodge : 

This is to certify that is a P. W. C. T. in good 

standing in this Lodge. [Or W. C. T. of this Lodge.] 

[Seal.] , W. C. T. 

Dated, , W. S. 

[In case the credential is for the W. C. T., the W. V. T. 
should sign it. The same form may be used for a W. V. T.] 

18 



FORMS. 

DEPUTY'S RECOMMENDATION. 

. Lodge, No , , 18.. 



To the Grand Lodge of . 

This certifies that , a full Degree member, has been 

recommended for Deputy of this Lodge for the current year. 

, W. C. T. 

[Seal.] , W. S. 

CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO THE DEGREES. 

. Lodge, No I. O. of G. T., of . 



This certifies that has applied and paid for the 

Degree of , and is entitled to receive the same. 

, W. C. T. 

[Seal.] , W. S. 

Dated, 

CERTIFICATE OF W. F. S. TO PAYMENT OF DUES. 

Lodge, No , I. O. of G. T., of 

This certifies that has paid all dues and charges 

against up to 

[Seal.] , W. F. S. 

Dated, 

FORM OF PROPOSITION FOR MEMBERSHIP. 

Members of Lodge No , I. O. of G. T. 

I recommend a resident of as worthy to 

become a member of this Lodge has read our Consti- 
tution and By-Law's, and is, in all respects, qualified for 

membership, accord- 
ing to the Laws and 
Rules adopted by this 
Lodge. 




Dated, 

NOTICE OF ELECTION TO MEMBERSHIP. 
Independent Order of Good Templars. 

Date ,18 

M At a meeting of Lodge, No. held 

5'^ou were elected for membership in this Lodge. I 

therefore, in the name ot the Lodge, respectfully invite you 



FORMS. 36 ft 

to present yourself at our Lodge room on any even- 
ing within FOUR WEEKS, for initiation, or the Lodge may 
declare the election void. 

Please present this notice at the door. 

N. B. The fee for admission is $ ,"whicli will be cfalled 

for at the time of joining. The dues are cents per 

quarter, which must be paid on or before the First of Feb- 
ruary, May, August and November, to entitle you to the 
Pass Word and a seat in the Lodge. 

, Sec. 



REPORT FOR LODGE DEPUTY. 

Quarterly Report of Lodge, No , 1. O. of G. T. 

, 18 

To , G. W. C. T. 

The present number of members of this Lodge is, ; 

...creasing during the past quarter * Night of meeting, 

Initiation fee, Quarterly dues, Ladies, 

Average attendance Discipline of Lodge, ...What 

is the influence of the Lodge upon the community? 

In what proportion do the clergymen unite with the Lodge? 

Is proper effort made in collecting Quarterly dues? 

How often does the Lodge have literary exercises, or 

Lodge Papers? Were any public meetings or enter- 
tainments given ? What is the interest manifested in 

the Degree Temple? Dispensations granted De- 
cisions by the Deputy General Remarks, 

Fraternally yours, 

, Lodge Deputy. 

*If decrease in membership, state probable causes in 
General Remarks. 



FORM OF CHARGE. 

To Lodge, No I. O. of G. T., of 

I charge Brother [or Sister] with having violated 

Article ... of our Constitution [or By-Laws, or his or her 
Obligation,] [give the time when and place where.] I pray 
that a Committee of Investigation may be appointed. 

Signed by member of the Lodge. 

Dated, 



FORM OF NOTIFICATION. 

Lodge, No. ....... I. O. of G. T., of 

To 

You are hereby notified to appear before the undersigned 
Committee at [name the place of meeting] on the 



370 FORMS. 



(lay of , at o'clock, [a. m.] and answer to the 

charge annexed to this summons. In case you fail to ap- 
pear, you will be reported to the Lodge as guilty of con- 
tempt, and will incur expulsion therefrom, unless you can 
render a satisfactory excu^. 

Signed by the Committee or the Chairman. 

Dated, 

[If the length and manner of notice is not otherwise pro- 
vided for in the By-Laws of the Lodge, the notice of charge 
should be served personally on the accused at least four 
days previous to trial, if they can be found, if not, no- 
tice may be served by leaving it at the Post Ofllce, or at 
his last place of residence, ten days at least before the day 
of hearing.] 

[The parties to a charge being a Lodge and the accused^ 
the member preferring a charge is a competent witness.] 



FORM OF NOTIFICATION TO A WITNESS. 
Lodge, No , I. O. of G. T., of 

To 

You are hereby notified, [or requested, to a person not a 
member of the Order,] to meet the undersigned Commit- 
tee at [name place,] on the day of , at 

o'clock [a. m. or p. m., as the case may be,] to testify what 
vou know concerning the charge against a mem- 
ber of Lodge, No , I. O. of G. T., of 

Signed by the Committee or Chairman. 
Dated, 



FORM FOR COMMITTEE'S REPORT. 

Lodge, No. • , I. O. of G. T., of 

To the W, C. T., Officers and Members : 
Your Committee, appointed to Investigate the charges 

preferred against brother A B , having duly 

notified the accused of the time and place of meeting, and 

having met at , on the day of , and 

having examined the parties, their proofs and witnesses, 
the accused being present, (or in default, as the case may 
be,) do, after careful deliberation, report the following reso- 
lution, to wit : 

Resolved, that we find brother A B guiltp [or not 

guilty, as the case may be] of the charge of violating Art... 
of our Constitution, as preferred against him. 

[If more than one charge, give a second and third resolu- 
tion, as the number of charges may be.] 



FORMS. 371 

Resolved, that brother A B be expelled, [or fined, 

repriraanded or suspended, as the case may be. If fine is 
recommended, the committee should recommend some 
amount, or if suspension some time.] 

Fraternally submitted, 

|- Committee. 

Dated, 

[To this Report, the Committee are always required to 
append a record of all its proceedings, with the evidence 
taken before them; and the report should lie over until 
the next stated meeting after such report is made, and 
notice be again served on the accused, whether he was 
present before the Committee or not, as follows :] 



FORM OF SECOND NOTIFICATION. 

Lodge, No , I. O. of G. T. of 

To 

You are hereby notified, that the Committee appointed 
to Investigate the charges preferred against you, have 
made report to the Lodge, as follows : 

[Here give the Committee's report.] 
and that said report will be acted upon, and the charges 
against you finally disposed of, at the next stated meeting 

of this Lodge, on , the day of , at 

o'clock p. M., at which time you can attend, if you think 
proper. 

, W. C. T. 

[Seal.] , W. T. 

Dated, 

[Two days' personal, or five days' notice by mail, should 
be given of the above.] 



NOTICE OF APPEAL. 

To the W. O. T., Officers and Members of Lodge JVo , 

LO.ofG,T,of 

You ^re hereby notified that I appeal from the decision 
of this Lodge, expelling, [or as the case may be,] me from 
the Order, to the D. G. W. C. T. of this District. 

A B 

Dated, 

[In Subordinate Lodges, under the direct jurisdiction of 
the R, W. G, Lodge, and all other Lodges where no time is 



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speo.ifled in the Grand and Subordinate ConstitutloniS of 
such JLodges, this notice should be served on the W. of such 
IiO(lg:e, wiihin thirty days from the time such decision is ren- 
dered, together with the appellant's ground of appeal and 
argument, if he make any. Within fifteen days from the 
service of such notice, the W. S. will send to the Deputy Q. 
\V. C. T„ under seal, a certified copy of the minutes, evi- 
dence, charges, argument of appellant and appellee, and all 
matters pertaining to the appeal.] 

[In a Subordinate Lodge, under the direct jurisdiction of 
R. W. G. Lodge, the appeal is to R. W. G. Templar, instead 
of D. G. W. C. T.J D 

[If the decision of Deputy is not satisfactory, either the 
Lodge or appellant may, within thirty days from the recep- 
tion or notice of the decision of the D. G W. C. T., appeal to 
the G. W. C. T., when similar notices shall be served on the 
other party, and the G. W. O. T. will hear and decide the 
appeal upon the same papers.] 



FORM OF ORDER ON W. T. 

No 18 

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. 
M 

Worthy Treasurer of Lodge, No , of 

Pay to or order dollars, it being for 

as voted by the Lodge. 

$ W. C. T. 

W. S. 



BOND OF W. TREASURER. 

Know xjaj Men by these Presents, That we, 

and of , county of , State of , 

are held and firmly bound unto , W. C. T. of 

Lodge, No located in , and , W. V. T. of 

the same Lodge, in trust for said Lodge, in the penal sufo 

of dollars, good and lawful money of the United States, 

to be paid to the said , and , their heirs, execu- 
tors, administratorH and assigns, in trust, as aforesaid, to 
which payment, well and truly to be made, we do bind our- 
selves, our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by 

these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this 

day of , A. D., 18 

The Condition of this Obligation is that, whereas, the said 

has been duly elected Worthy Treasurer of sai I 

Lodge, for the quarter commencing on the first day oi , 



FORMS. 873 



A. D., 18 : now, If the said shall well and faith- 
fully perform the duties of said office, pay all oraers legally 

drawn on when in funds, and at the end of terra 

account for and pay over to successor in office all mon- 
eys that may have come into hands, then this obliga- 
tion to be void, else to remain in full force 
Witness our hands and seals, the day and year aforesaid. 

SIQNSD, SEALED AND DELIVERED, ) 
IN PRESENCE OF j 

:::::::::::::::::: fclj 

[The above can be altered so as to answer for a U. w . 
Secretary or G, W. Treasurer, or the R. W. G. Secre- 
tary or R, W. G. Treasurer.] 

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR A CHARTER. 

The undersigned, Inhabitanis of County of , 

Slate of , believing the Independent Order of Goo i 

Templars well calculated to extend the blessings of Total 
Abstinence, and promote the general welfare of mankind, 
respectfully petition the Grand L»odge of the Independent 

Order of Good Templars of , to grant them a Charter 

to open a new Lodge, to be called Lodge, No. of tne 

I. O. of G. T., to be located in , County of , 

{State of , and under your jurisdiction. 

We pledge ourselves, individually and collectively, to be 
governed by the Rules and usages of the Grand Lodge. 

Enclosed is the Fee for Charter, Books, Cards, <fec., 

[Applications to open new Lodges should be 
signed by at least ten persons, in good standing in the 
community, and sent to the G, W. C. T.] 

APPLICATION FOR DEGREE CHARTER. 

To Ihe Grand Lodge of , I. O. G. T, 

The undersigned, members in good standing of Snbordin- 
ate Lodges, and constitutionally qualified for the Degrees, 
would respectfully petition your honorable body for a Char- 
ter to open a Degree Temple, to be itnqwn as Temple, 

and to occupv County, [or district,] with all the rights 

and privileges of a Degree Temple of the Order, We agree, 
severally, to abide by the Constitution adopted fox Degreo 
Temples, and by the laws and usages of the Order, 

Euclosed find S... Charter fee. 



CERTIFICATE OF DEDICATION. 

FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY. 

This certifies, that on this day of , A. D.. 1? . tl^tf 

Halli erected by Lodge No. ... of the ludcpenacu! Ui 



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der of Good Templars, of the State of , was dedicated 

and set apart by the G. W, C. T., for the purposes of temper- 
ance, and for tUe dissemination of the principles of Faith, 
Hope and Charity. 
Witness our hands, and the seal of the Grand Lodge, this 

day of , A. D., 18..., * 

, G. W. C. T. 

Attest, , G. W. S, 

Of course, no particular form is necessary in reports 
of otficers, but as it is very requisite that financial offi- 
cers should make such as will enable the Finance 
Committee and members, at a glance, to learn the 
financial condition of the Lod^e, I give supposed re- 
ports of W, T. and VV. F. S., of Great Bend Lodge, for 
one quarter, as a guide only to those unskilled in such 

malters. 

REPORT OF TREASURER. 
To the W. C. T., Olficers and Members of Great Bend Lodge, 
No. 4, I. O. of G. of Pa.: 

Your Treasurer, for the quarter ending January 31, 1864, 
would raa»e report, as follows, to wit : 
Dr. To amount m Treasury, close of last quarter, $12 50 
*' received from F. S. 17 55 

S30 05 

Cr. By orders redeemed, No, 1, for G. L. dues, $5 50 
'* 2, Rent, 6 00 

** " ** " 3, Janitor, 2 00 

" 4, Light, &c 2 28 $15 78 

Balance in Treasury, Jan. 31, 1864, . $14 27 

Submitied in F., H. and C. 

Fanny D. B. Chase, T. 

REPORT OF F. SECRETARY. 
To the ^V. C. T., Olllcers and Members of Great Bend Lodge, 
No. 4, 1. O. of G. T., of Pa. : 

Your F. S. for the quarter ending January 31, 1864, would 
make the following report, to wit: 

Amount received for Initiations, S-'^ 50 

" " Dues, 7 30 

" Degrees, 4 50 

»* Fines, 25 

Total receipts for quarter, $17 5.5 
For which 1 hold the receipts of the Treasurer. 

Submiited in F^ H. and C. 
Great Bend Feb. 1, 1864 Edward P. Warner, F. 8. 



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DISPENSATION OF G. W. C. T. OE A DEPUTY. 

For a candidate to be proposed, elected and initiated at 
the same meeting. 

Whereas, Lodge No. I. O. of G. T. of , hath 

this day, by a two-thirds vote, expressed its desire that 

should be proposed, elected and initiated at 

the same meeting; and it is believed by me to be lor the 
best interests of the Order to have the same done, for the 
following stated reasons :— 

(Here state the reasons briefly.) 

Therefoke, by the authority vested in me as Deputy G. 
W. C. T., I do liereby grant a dispensation to have said 

proposed, reported upon, elected and initiated 

at the same meeting as desired by said Lodge. 

Done at this ... day of , 18.... 

The above form may be altered so as to answer 
for a dispensation to take two Degrees at same 
meeting, or before the required time has elapsed, 
to wear Regalia in public ; for a public Installation ; 
or for any purpose requiring a dispensation. 



OEDER OF BUSINESS. 

Each Lodge can adopt its own order of business; the fol- 
lowing is a good one for Subordinate Lodges: 

1. Opening the Lodge. 

2. «Caliing roll of officers. 

3. Reading minutes. 

4. Reports on candidates. 

5. Balloting on candidates. 

6. Initiation of c^indidates. 

7. Reception of communications. 

8. Has any member a friend to propose for membership 

in the Order? 

9. Collecting dues. 

10. Are any of the members sick? 

11. Has any member violated the Pledge or Obligation ? 

12. Reports of Committees and Officers. 

13. Unfinished Business. 

14. Calling list of officers absent from last meeting. 

15. New Business. 

16. Applications for Degrees. 

17. Has any member anything to offer for the good of the 

Order? 

18. Receipts of the evening. 



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FORMS. 



CEREMONY FOR RECEIVING CARD MEMBERS. 

A mernber admitted by card, should be introduced by 
tiie W. M., passing the W. I. G. and P. W. C. T. with the or- 
dinary ceremonies of other members, and taking a position 
in front of the W. C. T., tlie W. M. says: 

W. M.— *• Worthy Chief Templar : I have the pleasure of 

introducing iiro , (or Hister ,) who having sought 

admission to tliis Lodge upon his clearance card, has been 
rej^uiarly elected, and now desires to be admitted to all the 
privileges of membership." 

« in « « He 

W. C. T.— " With pleasure we welcome you to become a 
menil)er of our Lodge. You have already enjoyed the 
satisfaction of connection with tli is organization, and given 
it your influence in the great Temperance reform. We 
trust your membership witli us maybe as pleasant and 
prolltal)le as it was with the Sister Lodge from whom you 
nave brought your card, now deposited with us; and now 
as you take your seat to participate with us in our deliber- 
ations, we each extend to you our fraternal greetings." 

* 4: * « * 

[Here the W. M. will accompanv the member to the desk 
of W. F. B. to sign the Constitution, after which to some 
vacant seat, and the Lodge resumes business in regular 
order.] 

[When the M. and card member enter the Lodge, the W. 
C T. may call up the liOdge and sing a welcoming ode, and 
during such singing, the M. and member may slowly march 
around the room. This to be at the option of Lodges.] 



FORM FOR RECEIVING VISITORS IN GRAND 
LODGES. 

ADOPTED liY K. W. G. LODGK, 14TH S., 1868. 

[If an Officer of the R. W. Grand Lodge, or a G. W. C. T. 
oi" another Grand Lodge, should visit a Grand Lodge, the 
G. I. G. shall make the announcement, when the G. W. C. 
T. will direct the G. M. to retire and introduce the visitor. 
JJusint'Ss being suspended during the introduction, the G. 
M. brings tlit; visitor to the centre of the room, and intro- 
duces him to tlie G. W. C. T., stating his name, position 
and wliere from. The G. W. C. T. will welcome the visitor 
In a few appropriate words, when the G. M. will escort him 
to a seat.] 

[When the R. W. G. T. visits a Grand Lodge, the follow- 
ing form should be observed.] 



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377 



G. I. G.— "G. W. C. T., I have the pleasure to announce 
the II. W. G. Templar of North America, in waiting." 

G. W. C.T.—'* The P. G. W. C. T. will introduce our R. W. 
G. T." 

[The P. G. W, C. T. retires, takes the arm of the R. W. G. 
T., and makes five distinct raps, when the door is immedi- 
ately thrown open.] 

All members of Grand Lodge give the Degree Saiutation, 
in which tlie Lodge is working, slowly, as the P. G. W. C. 
T. with the R. W. G. T. approach the G. W. C. T. 

P. G. W. C. T.— *' G. W. C. T., it gives me great pleasure to 
introduce to you, and through you to this Grand Lodge, 
Brother , the R. W. G. T. of North America." 

G. W. C. T.— *'R. W. G. T., this is indeed an occasion of 
unusu.'il interest. To have with us the executive head of 
our noble Order, is a favor and a blessing we rarely have 
an opportunity of appreciating. With due gratitude for 
this kind visit on your part, we will endeavor to make tlie 
most of your counsel and experience, and to profit by your 
presence. I now most cordially invite you to preside over 
this Grand Lodge during your stay with us." 

The G. W. C. T. will then take a seat at the right of the R. 
W. G. T., the G. W. C. T. still occupying his place at the 
left. Sliould the R. W. G. T. retire at any time during 
Grand Lodge, while it is in session, the G. W. C. T. will call 
up the Grand Lodge until he has left the room, the P. G. W. 
C. T. accompanying him to the ante-room. 



FCmU FOE RECEIVING VISITOES IN TEMPLES 

AND SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

When any State Deputy or an OlRcer of the Grand Lodge 
—except the G. W. C. T.— is visiting a Temple or Lodge, the 
W. C. T. should direct the W. M. to Introduce the visitor. 
The W. M. gives his arm to the visitor, and makes three 
loud raps at the inner door. 

* « * * * 

The W. M. and visitor proceed to the centre of the room, 
"When they sttlute the W. C. T. in the Degree in which the 
Temple or Lodge is open. 

W. M.— " W. 0. T., it is with pleasure I introduce Brother 
, the Worthy of " 

W. C. T.— "Brother , we are glad to have you 

with us this evening. Feeling grateful for this pleasure, 
we invite you to a seat with us." 

The W. M. then conducts the visitor to the seat of the L. 
H.S. . 



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***** 

If the visitor be a G. W. C. T. of another State, or an offi- 
cer of the R. W. G. L.,he should be introduced by the.P. W 
C. T., in the above form, and the visitor takes the seat of the 
R. H. S. If the G. W. C. T., or the R. W. G. T., visits a Tem- 
ple or Lodge, in his own jurisdiction, he should be intro- 
duced by the P. W. C. T., with four loud raps at the inner 
door, when it is thrown wide open. 

* * * * * 

Sing Ode of Welcome. 

As they approach the W. C. T., the W. C. T. salutes his 
superior. 

P. W. C. T.— ♦* W. C. T. It is with no common degree of 
pleasure I present to you, and through you to this Temple 

{or Lodge), our Chief and head of our Order, Bro , 

our G. W. C. T." 

W. C. T.—** Welcome, yes welcome to this Temple (or 
Lodge)." 

W. V. T.—'* Welcome, we shall feel the stronger for your 
presence here." 

W. Chap.—*' Welcome; the blessing of God rest upon you 
and your visit here." (The P. W. C. T. leads him to the W. 
C. T., when they shake hands.) 

W. C. T.— " With heartfelt joy, we give you the highebt 
seat in our Temple (or Lodge)." 

***** 

The W. C. T. then takes the seat of the R. H. S., as he 
should always do, when he vacates his seat for another. 

Delegations from Sister Lodges maybe introduced by the 
W. M., in the same form as State Deputies or officers of 
Grand Lodge, except giving them seats where most con- 
venient in the room. If there is a W. C. T. in the Delega- 
tion, the acting W. C. T. can if he desires, invite him to 
preside. It is always a mark of respect to extend such an 
invitation to a visiting W. C. T., or P. W. C. T. 



FORM OF BALLOTING. 

The Marshal shall place the ballot box upon the pedestal 
of the W. C. T., who will inspect it to see that it is properly 
prepared, by having no balls in the place where the ballots 
are to be deposited. 

W. C. T.— '* Brothers and sisters, we are about to vote upon 

the election [or suspension or expulsion] of as a 

member of this Lodge; if any person present has anything 
to say why this vote should not be taken, now is the time 
to say it. Members will now vote." 

The Marshal will pass around the ballot box ; those on the 
right of the W. C. T. voting first, commencing with the 



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379 



person nearest to the W. C. T., then those on the left in the 
same order ; the W. M. to see that the ballots are cast in a 
legal manner. When through, the W. C. T. announces 
* The balloting is closed." The M. shall then pass the bal- 
lot-box to the W. V. T. and R. and L. Supporter, who shall 
severally announce the result, after which it shall be taken 
to the W. C. T., who shall confirm the reports of the W. V. 
T., R. and L. S., and announce the candidate "elected" 
or ** rejected," or the member "expelled," as the case may 
be. 



Ceremony for the Dedication of a Hall. 

At the hour appointed, the oflBcers and members shall as- 
semble, clothed in the Regalia of the Order ; the oflicers oc- 
cupying the stations of their respective offices. The W. C. 
T.* of the Lodge shall preside, but the services of dedication 
may be under the direction of the G. W. C. T., or a Deputy, 
if present, who may occupy the seat of the P. W. C. T. for 
the occasion. The altar shall be placed in the centre of the 
Hall, with an open Bible resting upon it, and a small table 
shall stand near the altar, on the side toward the station 
of the W. V. T., containing a pitcher of water and goblets. 

The meeting will be called to order by the W. C. T., who 
will read the following as the 

OPENING ODE. 

BY KATE F. LEE. 

[Air—* Bonnie Doon,"] 
In Thy great name, O God of Love, 

We gladly gather here to-night; 
Send down Thy blessings from above 

To aid us as we act aright. 

Oh, may this temple ever be 
Sacred to Temperance— holy cause ; 

And may we here in harmony 
For aye sustain our cherished laws. 

May each refuse to speak a word 
That e'er shall give another pain ; 

Here no dissensions shall be heard, 
But Love and Purity shall reign. 

Here let us pledge ourselves anew, 
Never to touch the cup of death ; 

Let what will come, we will be true 
And faithful to our latest breath. 



* If deemed necessary, any other member of the Order may ofSciate 
w W. C. T. or W. C. 



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[During the singing of the Ode, the officers and members 
will gather around the altar in the following order, viz. :— 
The G. W. C. T., W. C. T., W. V. T., and Chaplain will ap- 
proach from their stations and take a position on each of 
the four sides; the remaining officers will form a circle 
outside of them, and the members will form another circle 
outside, joining hands. If a large number should be pres- 
ent, rendering it impracticable to form one circle, the 
members may form themselves into two or more circles.] 

[At the conclusion of the singing and the formation of the 
circles, the Chaplain shall commence the service by read- 
ing a short selection from the scriptures, appropriate to the 
occasion.] 

G. W. C. T. Brothers and Sisters.— We have assem- 
bled here on this occasion to sacredly dedicate this place to 
the cause of Total Abstinence. The ceremonies which we 
are called upon to perform are sanctioned as sacred customs 
among the time-honored usages of the past. The sanctua- 
ries of Religion, of Patriotism and of Learning, have ever 
been dedicated with solemn and impressive rites to the 
purposes of their erection, and we, associated to promote 
one of the noblest enterprises of humanity, and united by 
mystic ties in fraternal bonds, claim that our sanctuaries 
should be consecrated to the noble objects of our mission, 
with songs of vocal melody and the prayers and blessings 
of the good and true. 

Brothers and Sisters.— Here within these walls we 
raise our sacred altar and consecrate it to the glorious pur- 
poses of our noble Institution; here. may Faith inspire 
confidence in the eternal principles of truth and justice; 
here may Hope sanctify the holiest aspirations of the soul; 
here may Charity teach her noblest lessons of love ; and 
here may the sublime principles of our Order find a home 
in the hearts of all, and inspire those fraternal feelings 
that shall render our mission forever glorious. 

W. V. T. [Filling a goblet with water.] Best and purest of 
all earthly beverages, God's best gift to man ; proclaiming 
His Power and Majesty in the thunders of the mighty cat- 
aract; His gentle Love in the melodious murmurs of the 
mountain stream, and His Glory in the radiant beauty of 
the over-arching rainbow; thy glorious manifestations 
throughout the wide domain of Nature teach us the holiest 
lessons of duty to ourselves, to our race and to our Creator. 
[Presents the goblet to the G. W. C. T.] 

G. W. C. T. [Holding the goblet in his hand.] Here, then, 
in the name of the Independent Order of Good Tem- 
plars, with this beautiful symbol of spotless purity, do I 
now dedicate this place to the sacred purposes of our Insti- 
tution; [sprinkles upon the floor;] and may the angels of 
Faith, Hope and Charity here plead the story of their 



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mission until our gleaming banners shall proclaim to a 
ransomed world the noble triumphs of our cause. 

PEAYEE BY THE W. C. 

Creator of the Universe and all its glories: we approach 
Thee on this occasion with joyful hearts and songs of praise, 
to beseech Thy continued blessings on this crusade against 
the withering and blasting curse of intemperance. Grant, 
O Lord, that this Order may become a mighty instrument 
in Thy hands for the accomplishment of this great enter- 
prise. May these ceremonies and the exalted truths whicli 
tliey teach, leave a lasting impression on the minds of all; 
and may the recollection of this scene be sanctified in their 
memories, as the hour when a noble temple was consecrated 
as a sacred shelter for the altars of Faith, Hope and Char- 
ity. May the lessons which they shall teach in this sanc- 
tuary kindle the fires of a lofty inspiration and zeal, that 
shall raise up the proudest monuments of glory to the prin- 
ciples of this Institution. Grant this, our petition, O Lord, 
and Thine shall be the praise and glory forever, Amen. 

ODE. 

[Air ^*Auld Lang /%ne."] 

"With joy, O Lord, we dedicate 

Our temple now to Thee, 
And crave Thy blessing when we meet 

In Faith, Hope, Charity. 

Here may the star of Temp'rance beam 

A light along our way. 
And all our hearts united seem. 

In Faith, Hope, Charity. 

From bondage to King Alcohol 

May all our band be free. 
And every heart beat, in this hall, 

For Faith, Hope, Charity. 

May Peace her white wings fold above 

The band that oft may be 
Here gathered in the bonds of love — 

Of Faith, Hope, Charity. 



Funeral Ceremony. 

On receiving notice of the death of a member, the W. C. 
T. will direct the W. S. to call a special meeting of the 
Lodge to attend and bury the deceased. At the designated 



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hour, the W. C. T. will call to order, and open in the sub- 
ordinate degree. 

The W. M. and his assistant, or two brothers appointed 
by the W. C. T., will then form the procession in the follow- 
ing order : 

1. Marshal and Assistant, with wands trimmed with 

black crape 

2. Private and Degree Members. 

3. \V. O. G. and W. I. G. 

4. W. S. and Assistant. 

5. W. F. S. and W. T. 

6. W. V. T. and W. Chap. 

7. W. C. T. and his Supporters. 

8. P. W. C. T. In order of Seniority. 

9. Members of sister Lodges. 

Upon reaching the place selected for the starting of the 
procession, the members take position in advance of the 
remains, and precede it to the place of interment— mem- 
bers open to the right and left, brothers uncovered with 
the hat in the left hand, allowing the corpse, mourners, 
&c., to pass through. The members will then re-form in 
reverse order and close the procession. 

When such religious service has been performed as the 
friends of the deceased may have chosen, the members un- 
covered will form one or more circles around the grave, 
joining the right hands of each. 



ODE. 

Gracious Father, Thou art taking 
Thy belov'd one home to Thee, 

From the trying storm and tempest 
Into rest eternally ; 

Where life's troubled waves no more 

Beat against that golden shore. 

Loving Saviour, be Thou near us, 
Richly bless and safely guide ; 

And may neither death nor danger 
Ever from Thy love divide ; 

And may we, when life is o'er, 

Meet upon that golden shore. 

Holy Spirit, while we linger. 
May we live and move in Thee; 

Grant that, by Thine aid, our labor 
Free from sin and self may be; 

By Thy grace, for evermore, 

Stainless as yon golden shore. 



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383 



The "W. Chaplain will then deliver the following address : 
[After arriving at the Grave,] 

We are assembled on this mournful occasion to render 
the last offices which the living may minister to the dead. 

The scene belore us admonisties us of that great truth too 
little heeded, *' Man is born to die." The coffin, the grave, 
the sepulchre, spealt to us in language that cannot be mis- 
understood, however unheeded it may be, of man's latter 
end. Childhood and youth in its harmlessnessand compar- 
ative innocency, maturity with its wonted vigor and pride 
of strengtti, are not more exempt than decrepit and totter- 
ing age from the fixed law of being which declares that 
*' Dast tliou art, and unto dust thou shalt return." 

This solemn truth is inscribed in the great volume of Na- 
ture upon its every page. The beautiful and the sublime, 
which the handiwork of the Creator displays on every side, 
fearfully associate with the unerring certainty of the end 
of all things, amid tlie vividness of the moral which they 
are ever suggesting to tlie contemplative mind. 

Day after day we are called upon to follow our fellow- 
creatures to that bourne from whence no traveler returns. 
From the house of mourning we go forth again to mingle in 
the crowded world, heedless, perhaps, of the precarious ten- 
or of life, and the certainty of that end to which all flesh is 
rapidly tending. He who gives the vigor of body, without 
warning paralyzes the stou t heart, strikes down the athletic 
form. The living of the day become the dead of the mor- 
row. Men appear upon and disappear from the stage of life, 
as wave meets wave and parts upon the troubled waters. 

In the midst of life we are in death. He whose lips now 
echo these tones of solemn warning, in turn will be chilled 
in tlie cold and cheerless house of the dead, and in the prov- 
idence of God none may escape. Let us then so far improve 
this solemn le'sson as to be prepared for that change that 
leads to life eternal. To the bereaved ones who have, by 
this dispensation, been bereft of a husband, father and 
friend, the language of the Saviour conveys hope and 
consolation in the hour of mourning. He shall live again. 
To the Order of Good Templars here assembled, be firm in 
the practice of the principles of our Orjder, that our mem- 
ory may be cherished beyond the grave. 

At the close of the address, the W. Chaplain will oflTer the 
following 

PKAYER. 

Great Sovereign of the Universe ! In the dispensation 
of Thine unerring providence, we are called to visit this 
resting-place of the dead. We are about to deposit, to re- 
main till the morning of the resurrection, all that is mortal 



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of our beloved and lamented brother and associate. We in- 
voke thy special blessing upon surviving relations and 
friends. Impress, we pray tliee, upon the members of the 
Order, the necessity of ''laboring while it is day," and in 
lives of usefulness and piety, await the summons which 
will call us from earth. And, finally, we ask thee to pros- 
per and bless our beloved Order throughout the world, and 
the glory shall be thine forever.— Amen. 

After the prayer, the procession will then form in the 
same order and return to their hall. 

No badge of mourning has been adopted, but it is recom- 
mended that the members wear crape on the right arm for 
twenty days. 



Form for Re-obligation. 

Immediately after the obligation of the Ritual, let the 
Worthy Chief Templar continue : 

" You do also promise that you will in the future, as far 
as possible, avoid associating on terms of social equality 
with those who habituallj^ use intoxicating liquors, except 
from earnest motives for their reformation, and that you 
will not frequent places where it is sold or given away." 

Ans, I will. 

The Worthy Chief shall then say: 

"You are here at this time to receive a reprimand for 
violation of your solemn obligation, and as W. C. T. of your 
Lodge, that duty is a painful one which now devolves upon 
me. But, be assured, that it is not in bitterness or severity, 
but in sympathj^ and sorrow that I now address you. Our 
cause bleeds at its very heart when our members fail in 
their fidelity to our solemn vows. We know that there 
are times of strong temptation, and it is against these 
times, and for the purpose of helping and guiding the err- 
ing, that we thus meet and band together as we do to- 
night. And while the laws of our Order require us to 
maintain their principles inviolate, we cannot do it, and 
at the same time overlook errors, though we would not 
crush. We hope that the sympathy and encouragement 
you receive here at this time may enable you to grasp with 
a strong hold the pledge, and will enable you to live amid 
the temptations that surround you, an unspotted and tem- 
perate life. Remember your sacred honor is given us that 
you will keep your obligation faithfully to the end of lile. 
Brother, remember your obligation, remember your vow. 
Let me urge you to flee temptation, walk not amid the fire. 
Look not upon the wine, for at last it biteth like a serpent, 
and stingeth like an adder. You will now give attention 
whilst the Chaplain asks God to help you and help us all 
to be faithful." 



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385 



w. c. t:s order for giving the pass-word 

AND EXPLANATION. 

Lodge, No , I. O. of G. T., of 

To W. a T. of Lodge, No J. O. of O. T., of 

You are hereby authorized and requested to give the Pass- 
Word and Explanation for the current quarter to , who 

is a member of this Lodge in regular standing, and entitled 
to receive the same. 

Yours Fraternally, 

[Seal.] , W. C. T. 

Dated, 



QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION IN LODGES. 

1. Is sweet cider intoxicating? 

2. Does the Bible anywhere countenance the use of fer- 
mented grape-juice as a beverage? 

3. Is a stringent license preferable to a prohibitory liquor 
law? 

4. Is there less intemperance in vine-growing than in 
other countries? 

5. Is alcohol food or poison^ 

6. Is legal preferable to moral suasion ? 

7. Are ''close" preferable to open organizations in pro- 
moting the temperance reform ? 

8. Does the Lodge supplant the Church ? 

9. Is our unwritten work " frivolous " ? 

10. Are our forms and ceremonies objectionable? 

11. Cannot the use of alcohol for any purpose whatever 
be dispensed with ? 

12. Have we any right to dictate to a man what he shall 
eat and drink? 

13. Can the seller be legally held responsible for all the 
consequences of selling liquor? 

14. Are we "intemperate in advocating temperance " ? 

15. Is intemperance a "sin of ignorance" only? 

16. Should tlie Degrees be dispensed with? 

17. Should Regalia be dispensed with ? 

18. Are occasional public meetings in connection with the 
Lodge advisable? 

19. Is a badge-pin a "mark" for our Order advisable? 

20. Is it a violation of our pledge to use liquor for culinary 
purposes, or to eat food prepared witli it ? 

21 Have we any right to require a life-long pledge? 
22. Can any true temperance man or woman consistently 
stand aloof from all temperance organizations? 
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23. Will the pledge alone secure one from becoming a 
drunkard ? 

24. Is it right for us to require a pledge of secresy before 
initiation ? 

25. Are "close" temperance organizations advisable for 
children ? 

26. Can a temperance man consistently raise hops or grain 
for the general market? 

27. Can a temperance man, a printer by trade, consist- 
ently print liquor labels, wine lists, &c. ? 

28. Should a voter desert his political party to vote for a 
temperance man of the opposite party ? 

29. Is it advisable for temperance men of all parties to 
unite in supporting a temperance ticket ? 



ADDENDA. 

1. A member is eligible to the office of W. C. T. under 
Sec. 2, Art. 5, Sub- Lodge Constitution, who has held no 
other office than that of L. D. if he has held such office 
one term ; but not if the only office he has held is that 
of an appointed P. W. C. T. during the first quarter of a 
Lodge's existence.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 16th s., 20. 

2. The 36th Rule of Order (Pa. By-Laws) where it says 
a motion to reconsider shall be made by a member voting 
in the majority, refers to votes where a division or the 
yeas and nays are called. In voting by the usual show 
of the Order, all are presumed to have voted in the ma- 
jority.— G. W. C. T. Chase, Pa., 1870 (ante 58). 



INDEX. 



SECTION I.'.OK 

Absence from the place, construed 51 233 

" from Lodge meetings, how viewed 207 338 

" of Sub. Lodge officers, seats vacant, when .. 3 40 

" of accused, how treated 3 47 

« " " « 71-4 88 

Accept a report, motion to, not necessary 52 

Acknowledgment in Lodge f )r violation of pledge, 

not a penalty proper 15 254 

Adjournment without completing business, etc 1-2 66 

" effect on unfinished business 8-9 66 

" what business is cut ofif by 50 

" in order before order of business gone 

through 2 66 

must always be with closing cere- 
monies 4 6G 

** may be to another night, than regular 

one 6 68 

** to hold a special session, what business 

may be done 7-10 66 

" motion to reconsider, not in order 11 67 

Adjourn, motions to, not in order in Committee of 

the Whole 56 

" motion to, when in order 63 

*' motion taken without debate 63 

" motion not in order when previous ques- 
tion is pending 64 

" when Lodge closes 13 68 

" Lodge may close without a motion to 14 68 

Adjourned meeting, what 15-16 68 

Administrators may sell liquor, when 101 320 

Advortising liquors, paper doing, G. T. should not 

patronize 157 330 

" sale of liquors in a paper, violation of 

obligation 158-162 330 

Agents, or any person selling liquor for another, 

cannot become a member of the Order 85 318 

" Good Templars may act as, for selling liquor 

^ under any prohibitory liquor law 99 319 

i 



ii 



INDEX. 



SECTION PAGE 

Amendments of By-Laws, decisions in reference to 1-4 366 

not cut off by the previous question.... 7 239 

Amendment, reports of Committees subject to 63 

" made in Committee of the Whole 66 

" to Constitution, how voted on 20 21 

" G. L. Constitution 2 37 

" Subordinate Constitution 2 49 

Ancient Good Templar, what 237 79 

Ante-room, rules respecting 65 235 

" Lodges may have a hall without 34 230 

Annual session R. W. G. Lodge, when 12 18 

" " G. Lodge, when 1 30 

Appeal may be made by a Subordinate to R. W. G. 

Lodge 4 12 

" made to R. W. G. Templar during recess 1 14 

" from decision of chair, when ordered to lie on 

table, effect of 69 

" to be reduced to writing and signed; how^ 
submitted; on questions of order arising 
during pendency of ; debatable ; another ap- 
peal cannot be taken ; subject to previous 
question ; may be withdrawn ; effect of au 

adjournment before decided 60 

" inquiries on laws and usages of the Order not 

to be entertained, but on 23 27 

" when and how taken 69 

" to R. W. G. Lodge or R. W. G. T.. rules for... 5 70 

** and Memorials to R. W. G. T., how presented 1 69 
" when Subordinate Lodges may to R. W. G. 
L. Subordinate Lodges, under G. Lodges, 

cannot direct 6 71 

" a deputy G. W. C. T. may from a G. W. 0. T., 

when 7 71 

" to G. L. or G. W. C. T., rules for 8 71 

" when minutes required 9 72 

circumstances affecting 10 73 

" on point of order, final. 12 73 

" an expelled member may be reinstated by 

Grand Lodge, on 13 73 

" Grand Lodges must sustain or reverse action 
of subordinates on ; may make recommend- 
ations 14 74 

" effect of, upon members during pendency.... 15 74 

" does it stay proceedings 17 74 

" in G. Lodges to whom made 2 35 

" on questions of law, may be taken to Grand 

Lodge 19 75 

** on hearing of parties right to be heard 20 75 

" when taken to Lodge 22-3 76 

" in cases of infliction of penalty, only the 

accused to 26 76 



INDEX. iii 

SECTION PAGE 

Appeals hv Subordinate Lodge, how taken 26 76 

" cannot be taken from a D. G. W. C. T. Ifo a 

Lodge.. 22 75 

' " in case of discipline, any member may, when 24 75 
*' cannot be taken on constitutional questions 

to the Lodge 23 75 

" form of notice of. 371 

Application for Grand or Subordinate Lodges to be 

accompanied with fee 5 22 

Appointed .officers hold during term 22 229 

Apple, expressed juico of, drinking of, violation of 

pledge 1-7 303 

" expressed juice of, for vinegar or apple but- 
ter, not a violation 38-9 30'.> 

Assessments, refusal to pay by Lodges, forfeits charter 22 109 
Attorney, who is a Good Templar, may defend a 

whisky seller 132 325 

" who is a Good Templar, could not move 

for granting license 133 326 

" to argue reduction of license fees, a viola- 
tion 131 325 

Auctioneer, may sell liquor, when 101 320 

Authority, R. W. G. Lodge, only source of 2 11 

" to grant Charter for but one Grand 
Lodge in any State, Province or Terri- 
tory 3 12 

" of Grand Lodges, supreme for local 

legislation 9 13 

« decisions of G. W. C. T 3 65 

" " Chase's Digest 5-6 05 

R. VV. G. Lodge 7-8 65 

Bail, going, for a liquor seller 124 324 

Badges, political, wearing in Lodge room 148 253 

Ballot, necessary to expel for contempt 105 271 

'* permitting to be seen, not a violation 212 339 

" informing another, when a violation 213 339 

" for candidates, one cannot vote for another... 16 163 

" a member of another Lodge, voting, effect of 17 163 

" all to ha ve privilege of voting 23 163 

" necessary to elect an Ancient Good Templar 55 ]7>' 

" for W. C. T., may not be stopped, when 15 163 

" Lodges may for any number of candidates... 13 162 

** ball must be used when 21 103 

** informal, not to be taken 22 163 

" not to be closed until all have voted 23 163 

" retaken, when 24-5 163 

*' in election of members, Marshal cannot cast 18 103 

subject to reconsideration 32-8 165 

" not necessary, where report is adverse on a 

candidate, when 167 

" box, who inspects it 20 163 



iy 



INDEX. 



SECTION PAGE 

Ballot, all elective officers must be chosen by 1 173 

" blank thrown ont 3 173 

" in all cases of, W. C. T. to have a vote 50 358 

" form of. 378 

" what is to be used for 24 350 

" boxes, two cannot be used 26 164 

Ball, to patronize, when a violation 8 227 

Bar-room, purchasing cigars in 116 322 

Barley, raising of, for distilling purposes, violation of 

obligation 148 329 

" Bee," countenancing use of liquor at, violation of 

pledge 175 332 

Beverage, what is it? 76-7 316 

Beer, domestic, uufermented, may be used 26-7 3<'7 

Lager, use of, a violation 8 305 

Beneficiary, our Order not 76 2-6 

Bible, Lodge refusing to use, forfeits charter 26 110 

Billiards, or any game of chance, the habit of play- 
ing, a violation of obligation 105 321 

" saloons, selling liquors, to be avoided 117 323 

" playing of, in a runi-shop, a violation 103 321 

Bitters, Hostetter's, or others, use, a violation of 

pledge 10-14 306 

" alcoholic, may be used, when 12 306 

Black ball, one need not give reasons for casting 66 172 

" " number of, determines election, solely 65 172 

" " through malice, how viewed 61-3 ]69 

Blackberry wine, use of, a violation of pledge 6 303 

Blanks, how filled 55 

Bond, liquor-seller's, cases of signing, a violation 124-7 324 

" R. W. G. Treasurer to give, with sureties.. 16 

" G. Secretary and G. Treasurer, to give 3 37 

" Treasurer Subordinate Lodge to give 6 42 

" license, to sign, a violation 124 324 

Book-keeper, in wholesale liquor store, how viewed.. 97 319 
Books, cards, odes, etc., sale of, source of revenue.... 19 
" members and Lodges, prohibited from pur- 
chasing except of R. W. G. Lodge 14 228 

Bottles and barrels, manufacture of for use in liquor 

traffic 161 329 

Brandy, etc., use of, in culinary arts, a violation of 

pledge 31-3 308 

Building, renting of, for liquor traffic, violation of 

obligation 146-7 S28 

By-Laws, R. W. G. L., to be made 21 

" of the R. W. G. Lodge 22 

" cannot be set aside on motion 15 228 

" G. Lodge, how made 37 

" Subordinate Lodge, how made 48 

Candidates for offic«, R. W. G. L., qualifications and 

by whom nominated 20 



INDEX. V 

SECTION PAGE 

Candidates, election of. 160 173 

*' initiation of 212 221 

Card, clearance, what ; validity of. 1,2 113 

" " should be taken before petitioning 

for new Lo<lge 74 125 

" " members having, liable to discipline 82,83 126 

" ** vote granting, may be reconsidered 34,35 lis 

" " when lost, what to be done 51 120 

" " vote necessary to grant 3-9 113 

** " having been granted, member no 
right to vote in Lodge, or to have 

Beat 37-42 118 

** " members having, liable to discipline 47 lift 

" " not affected by black ball 57 121 

" " members, how admitted by 49 120 

" " deposited in P. 0., a delivery of 33 1J7 

" " should show rank 26 117 

** " Lodge no right to refuse « 6 114 

" " given members of Lodges, having 

ceased to exist 78-80 126 

" " granted at special meetings 35 116 

" " how applied for 16 116 

" " Lodge may charge and collect fee for 21,22 116 
** •* with P. W. do not entitle to be pres- 
ent at a ballot 71 124 

** " for those wishing to remove their 

connection 13,14 115 

•* ** persons holding, what privileges en- 
titled to 48 119 

** •* one necessary to each person leaving 

Lodge 27 117 

** ** rejection of, may not be endorsed 

on it 72 125 

*• ** holder of, may be refused admittance 

to his own Lodge 39 118 

" ** holder of, must join nearest Lodge 

except, when 70 124 

" •* only granted in open Lodge 4 114 

** ** passage, of a vote, severs connection 

with Lodge 37 118 

** " dates from time voted 38 118 

" " members from one State to another, 

what rules 90 128 

** " deposit of 5 39 

** " a Lodge must grant 12 116 

** " one joining on, must sign roll 58, 59 121 

" " not affected by rejection 66,57 121 

** ** expired, persons cannot join on 57 170 

•* •* declaration of intention^ not an ap- 
plication for 17 116 



INDEX. 



SECTION PAGE 



Card, clearance, mem'bers taking does not sever con- 
nection with Degree Temple 16 139 

" Odes, etc., purchase of, except from G. Lodges, 

forfeits charter 20 201 

" " publishing or selling, a misde- 
meanor 14 228 

" reconsideration must be before delivery 35 118 

" members no right to vote on own application 

for 5 114 

*' member entitled on first night of quarter 30 117 

" members receiving, not entitled to T. P. W 86 127 

members, form for receiving o76 

" effect of 2, 3 48 

" traveling 300 

Cards, blanks of all the same, filling up, different 73 125 

Card table, to keep a public, violation of obligation.. 119 323 

" playing in hotels, cars, saloons, etc 106 321 

Carpenter, laboring for hire, etc 152 329 

Chaplain, R. \V. G., duties of 16 

" qualifications of. 42 223 

" cannot make an extempore initiatory 

prayer 9 214 

Certificates to be furnished Grand Representatives... 4 17 
" and qualifications of members, R. W. G. 

L. to judge 2 18 

" given to members of an extinct Lodge 

by G. S 6 36 

Charges, decisions in 76 106 

name of complainant may he given to Com- 
mittee 2-5 77 

" nnist be signed by complainant 4 77 

" must be definite; personal knowledge of 

offence unnecessary J. 12-14 79 

" when preferred by W. C. T., committee ap- 
pointed by W. V. T. 20 80 

" cannot be preferred for conduct previous 

to joining 34 82 

" may be against two or more; cannot be 

made by one under charge 30,31 81 

" should not be read in open Lodge 6 77 

" Committee must all be present during in- 

vefitigaticm of. 47 83 

" during trial ; who competent witnesses ; 

depositions 52-60 85 

" members of the Order may act as counsel... 50 84 

" notice to be given of trial ; what kind 44-46 83 

against one in jail, how tried 49 84 

may be withdrawn; Committee on, may be 

discharged 88-90 90 

" when members in contempt « 71-75 88 



INDEX. \ii 

SECTION PAGB 

Charges, may be made by members of one Lodge 

against one of another Lodge 36-38 82 

" not necessary on a voluntary admission of 

violation 120, 121 05 

" cannot be made by members holding clear- 
ance cards - 35 82 

" plea of guilty to one of the Committee suffi- 
cient 68 88 

" may be signed by more than one.- 9 79 

" not sustained must lie over one week 108 9.'i 

" each person under, entitled to a trial 66 87 

" when a member has been tried and acquit- 
ted, not to be arraigned again for the same 

offence 110,111 94 

" persons holding clearance cards to appear 

to def end lU 94 

" preference of against a Lodge of which a 
Grand Officer is a member, does not affect 

office 149 100 

" against a member, or officer, efifect of, dur- 
ing pendency 150,151 100 

*' may be sustained, on proof of being seen 

intoxicated 154 100 

** name of accuser to be concealed 1 47 

" proceedings in, constitutional 47 

" may be made against a Lodge Deputy 164 103 

" a list of witnesses to be given in 19 80 

" one making a, not to be on Committee 21 80 

*' no time for which it holds good 39 84 

" must be voted on before penalty is^xed... 130-133 96 

" when proper to reconsider 103 93 

" may be for slander 165 103 

" informal, when valid 14 79 

" to be tried in Lodge where accused belongs 36 82 
" against re-obligated members, when admis- 
sible 32 82 

" preferred, suspends for the time being 68 264 

" preferred against elected members, previous 

to initiation.. 163 103 

" only witness on, irregular 22 80 

" Lodge should hear testimony 98 92 

[See expulsion, contempt and Committees of Inves- 
tigation.] 

Charter fee for Grand Lodges and Subordinates, what 1 19 

'* applicants, if members of other Lodges, must 

have clearance cards 1 106 

" members, eligible to the Degrees 1 128 

*' cannot be surrendered, as long as ten mem- 
bers object 40 112 

" applicants may be erased, when 12 108 

** " must bo initiated, when 5 107 



VllI INDEX. 

Charter, may be surrendered, while under a charge.. 

" . may be issued without lee, wheu 

" of a Subordinate Lodge forfeited, when 

" of Subordinate Lodges under R. W. G. L., 

forfeited, when 

" fee for Subordinate Lodges 

" surrender of. 

" Subordinate Lodges, when forfeited 

'* for Lodges, how granted by Grand Lodges... 
" of a Lodge, cannot be arrested by a Lodge 

Deputy 

" members to sign the roll 

'* forfeited by omission of words at initiation.. 
" may be granted to persons of African de- 
scent 

'* members all present at organization of a 

Lodge 

" forfeited by Sub. Lodge refusing action on 

use of sweet cider 

" member to pay usual fees for Degrees 

" of Lodges, when and how taken away, etc.. 

" members must be initiated, when 

" when a Lodge Deputy may surrender 

" surrender of, who has property 

" member may be refused initiation 

Charters, Jiow surrendered , 

Chartered location, how changed 

Chemists and druggists may use alcohol in their 

business, may not sell liquors 

Children under three years^may visit Lodges 

Cider, sweet, drinking of, aTiolation of pledge 

for vinegar or apple butter not a violation 

" drinking in ignorance 

" manufacturer of, may be a Good Templar, when 
" to assist in making as a farm laborer, not a 

violation 

Clerks, in stores where liquor is sold, cannot belong 

to Order 

" of a License Board msiy sign licenses 

*' of druggists may join our Order 

Clearance Cards. See Cards. 

Colored persons may become members of our Order.. 

" Lodges may be chartered 

Committees, certain, to be appointed by R. W. G. T... 
" power over business referred to them... 
" may be instructed to report at given 

time 

" Standing, may originate business 

" no motion to accept report of, necessary 
" reports subject to amendment, and when 
to be considered 



SECTION 


PAQB 


15 


108 


14 


108 


18-31 


109 


22 


27 


2 


35 


4 


36 


3 


35 


1 


35 


52 


150 


82 


230 


24 


110 


2 


106 


4 


107 


23 


110 


3 


128 


32-34 


111 


8 


39 


35 


111 


44, 45 


113 


10 


107 


41-43 


112 


17 


109 


71 


316 


31 


177 


1-7 


303 


38 


3<i9 


79 


317 


14 


158 


43 


310 


80, 81 


, 317 


135 


326 


13 


158 


2 


157 


2-3 


106 


19 


26 




51 




64 
52 




52 




63 



* INDEX. ix 
SBCTION PAGE 

Committees, must make some definite recommenda< 

tion 63 

*• upon adoption of report of, when a di- 
vision may be called 53 

" report of, property of Lodge 54 

" discharged, when 54 

" report of, may be recommitted 55 

" " blanks, how filled 55 

" Special, power over subjects, and when 

discharged 57 

** a majority of, suflBcient to make report 67 

" minority report, when may be made 67 

" of the Whole, Lodge may resolve itself 

into 65 

" " R. W. G. T. to vacate 

chair 55 

" appointed by G. Lodge 31 

Com. of the whole, may speak more than twice, and 

yeas and nays cannot be called... 65 

" " when to rise and report progress 66 
" " amendments, made in, a part, of 

resolution 56 

*• " motions may be made to strike 

out 56 

" " negativing a resolution, effect of 56 

" " displaces no office but W. C. T.... 5 238 

" " one cannot be tried in 112 94 

Committee on application for membership, the pro- 
poser cannot be one 3 161 

" " may be a standing one 4 161 

** " should always have a 2)er- 

sonal interview 9 161 

Com. of Investigat'n may have name of complainant 1-5 77 
«• " to be appointed by W. V. T., 

when 20 80 

" ** what testimony may be heard.. 62-59 85 

*• " can try two or more jointly 30 81 

** all to be present, and a majority 

to sign report. 47 83 

** *• vacancies in, to be at once filled 41, 42 83 

*' " cannot administer an oath - 55 85 

** ** may hear depositions, when 56,57 85 

•* ** must give written notice to ac- 
cused 44-46 83 

•* ** may bo discharged, and new 

one made 90 90 

" ** if action of, irregular, report 

may be referred back 94 91 

** ** on plea of guilty, or contempt 

in open Lodge, no reference to 

necessary 120-129 95 



X INDEX. ^ 

SECTION PAOl 

Com of Investigat'n, Tipon adoption of report of, 
when evidence to be read in 

Lodge 98-100 92 

** " reporting charge not sustained, 

the Lodge must act on report... 106-108 93 
** '* report of, comes under "Re- 
ports of Special Committees.".. 169 104 
•* " accuser refusing to appear be- 
fore, charge can be made again 167 104 
*• " when accused pleads guilty be- 
fore. Lodge must sustain 142 98 

" " report of, when to be acted 

upon 109 93 

" " may adjourn from time to time 65 8*5 

*• " " testify, when 54 84 

*• " " not admit hearsay testi- 
mony 58 85 

" " cannot be enjoined 64 86 

** " are discharged when Jinal re- 
port made 134 97 ' 

" " to look at law as well as fact... 63 86 
•* " failing to report, what to be 

done 101 92 

** " may be excused by W. C. T., 

when 90 90 

*• " report should be written and 

testimony heard 96 91 

" " vacancies in may not be filled 

by W. C. T. outside of Lodge.... 42 83 

Committee, not an office 1 2S0 

Commit, or re-commit a report, motions to, in order 52 

Commission, Deputies must have 35 148 

(/ommissioner of Board of Excise, to vote for grant- 
ing license, as 134 326 

Compensation of officers and members 17 20 

Confession, received, when and where 92 91 

of violation of pledge in Lodge suspends 

temporarily 69 2P4 

" oral, elfect of 123 95 

Consent, means what 16 228 

Constitution of R. W. G. Lodge 11 

" and By-Laws, how altered 21 

** of Grand Lodges, and Subordinates, to 

be approved 2 196 

" R. W. G. Lodge cannot set aside 15 228 

" willful infraction of, forfeiture of charter 18,19 109 

" of Grand Lodges 29 

" Subordinate Lodges 38 

*' to be placed over names in Lodges 31 230 

Contempt in open Ijodge, in case of, no reference ne- 
cessary 125 96 



^ INDEX. Xi 

SECTION PAQX 

Contempt, in open Lodge, expulsion for, to be at same 

meeting 126 96 

" in open Lodge may be laid on table for 

future action 127 96 

** in open Lodge when so laid over, how to 

proceed.. 128 96 

" not in open Lodge, Committee must be ap- 
pointed 129 96 

" when accused member is in 72, 73 88 

'* refusal to serve as an officer in a Lodge, 

not 62 183 

" in a Subordinate Lodge, what 25 298 

" to expel for must be by ballot 130 96 

" one casting more than one vote, guilty of^ 214 339 

Close a meeting, difference between, and adjourn 13 68 

Contested seats of G. Representatives, how decided.. 5 17 

Counsel, for an accused member allowed 60 84 

Counselor, R. W. G., duties of. 15 

" G. W., duties of 32 

" G. W., powers of 10-12 205 

County Commissioners in Indiana do not violate 

their obligation by granting licenses 100 320 

Conventions, Mass Temperance 13 228 

Crime, member guilty of, how tried 160 102 

Credentials, Representatives to have 7 30 

Culinary arts, use of brandy, etc., violation of pledge 31-41 3()8 

Currant wine, use of, violation of pledge 7 303 

(Upher of P. W., a Deputy showing 74 153 

Dancing, appropriation of Lodge rooms for, a viola- * 

tion of our principles 2-9 227 

" parties, in connection with Lodges, forfeit 

charter 3 227 

" in Lodge rooms forbidden 4-6 227 

Dance, motion of a Lodge to get up, decision relative 

to. 6 238 

Deaf and dumb, may unite with our Order 6 157 

" " admitted to Lodge room, how 7 157 

Debate, members to be confined to question 61 

*' members to avoid personalities in 62 

Dedication, public, of halls, allowed 62 233 

" of a hall by a W. C. T., legal 67 233 

Degree and honors to be put in Clearance Cards 26 117 

" of fidelity, how Bible placed 60 135 

" meeting cannot be postponed by L. D 63 1'65 

" meeting, special, how called 64 135 

meeting, L. D. may call one to preside 67 136 

•* pass- words, how given 57 250 

" Lodge, how formed ; same as Degree meeting 17-19 130 

** Lodge officers distinct Subordinate Lodge 19 130 

** meeting need not be opened with prayer 20 130 



zii 



INDEX. 



SECTION PAOK 

Degree meeting, each Degree meeting closed separ- 
ately 21 130 

•* " may be called by Degree Templar, at 

any time 50 133 

" ** minutes of, not to be submitted to 

Subordinate Lodge 26 131 

** Lodges must confer degrees, when 41 133 

" " cannot try and punish for offences; 

may Jine officers for absence 51-53 134 

•* " members rejected in, may be proposed 

again 57 134 

" member charged with violation. Committee, 

how formed 54 134 

•* " withdrawing from Order, ceases to 

be a member of Degree Lodge 37 132 

** " to be trifid by Degree members 54 IM 

** " expulsion of, from Subordinate 

Lodges, effect of. 1-5 262 

" ** having violated pledge, and rein- 
stated, must be reinstated in Degree 

Lodge 6 283 

** signals, colors, first and second Degree, etc... 31-33 131 

" Lodges within jurisdiction of State Lodge 29 131 

" charter m(;mbers, must pay usual fees for 3 128 

** Temples, cbartered, Avho is Deputy.. 26-28 141 

« Sub. Lodges, withdrawing, effect of 32,33 142 

** " decisions relative to 31 142 

" chartering of 7 45 

*' " election in 8 45 

" " officers of. 11 46 

" " who to have seats 12 46 

** " how instituted, explained 1 137 

'* " confer all degrees, where 2,3 137 

" " persons taking degrees, need not 

join 4 138 

*♦ ** who presides in 5 138 

*♦ " who are members of 6-S 138 

" " control, question of visitation 7 138 

*♦ *' returns made, how often 10 139 

** member with Clearance Cards not to 

sit in 11 139 

•* " members may join whose Lodges 

are not connected with ....v 13 139 

" Lodges may withdraw from 14, 15, 20 139 

** ** connection with, not severed by 

Clearance Card 16 140 

" one in arrears to, cannot withdraw 

from Subordinate Lodge 17 140 

•♦ " members of, must belong to a Lodge 21 140 

'* regalia, what 26 

•* word, not to be given to each other 41 132 



^ INDEX. 

Degrees, time for takiug:, a calendar month 

** conferred by jnistuke, effect of. 

** dispensHtions in 

** may ballot collectively in 

** catechism in, when given ^ 

" all charter members entitled to 

♦* cannot be conferred free of charge ; nor out 
of Lodge room 

** ballot for to be in Degree Lodge 

** who may and who may not confer 

** may not be given to those under age pre- 
scribed 

** Degree Templar of one Lodge may give to 
members of another, how 

** oflBcers elected to positions requiring, can- 
not be installed 

** members applying for, to have certificates... 

** working in, W. D. V. T. to correct W. D. T.. 

" any njember may take 

" time to elapse different 

** Grand Officers must bo degree members 

" charter members entitled to, without ballot 

** members, how to supply deficiency of. 

" raps in the gavel, same in all 

•* meeting, power of 

** third, — first and second must be taken pre- 
viously 

" and degree meetings 

Depositions may be evidence, when 

Deputies may confer degrees by dispensation 

** duties to notice informalities in Lodges 

** matters to be first submitted to 

" cannot appoint a Deputy 

** Lodge and Stjite may install oflScers of 

another Lodge when 

same power as G. W. C. T 

** cannot have seat in Lodge when in arrears 

** cannot be W. C. T 

** taking Clearance Card, forfeit commission.? 

** should report installation of oflficers to G. 
W. S 

" R. W. G. Templar, duties of. 

•* can hold office in Subordinate Lodge 

" not responsible to Subordinate Lodges 

" not finable 

'* power, extends to Degree Lodges 

" R. W. G. T. qualifications of.... 

** Lodge, duties of. 

** Lodge, liable to charge 

** Lodge, cannot arrest charter of a Lodge 

*• Lodge may install officers, when 





xiii 


SECTION 


PAGE 


61 


135 


62 


136 


65 


135 


69 


135 


70 


136 


1 


128 


6-9 


129 


8 


129 


14, 15 


129 


16 


130 


28 


131 


45 


182 


45 


133 


42 


132 


10 


129 


11 


129 


46 


133 


4 


128 


47 


133 


1 


196 


3 


44 


86 


13-2 




43 


56-58 


85 


1 


143 


2 


143 


6 


144 


25 


147 


27-29 


147 


45 


149 


72 


153 


18-21 


146 


80 


154 


83 


154 




24 


17 


146 


60 


151 


71 


153 


68 


152 


8 


24 


8 


33 


164 


103 


62 


150 


25-27 


147 



INDEX. 



Deputies, showing cipher violates trust 

" cannot be removed by a vote of Lodge 

" cannot grant a dispensation to initiate an 

expelled member 

" cannot install until commissioned 

" who violate pledge, how tried 

" of district, jurisdiction, or power of. 

" ex-district may be elected W. C. T. with 

funds not paid over 

** Lodge can revoke wrong decisions of pre- 
vious L. D 

" how installed in subordinate office 

" power in instituting Lodges 

Deputy G. W. C. T. may not belong to a sister Lodge 
" G. W. C. T., officers of G. L., may not wear 

Grand Officers' regalia 

" District, may decide points of order. 

" " respecting powers of. 

" " decisions of, and G. W. C. T., legal- 
ity of 

" " and Lodge united 

** " has right to enter any Lodge 

" may prefer charge against any one.. 

" " cannot grant certain dispensations... 

" course to pursue on resignation 

" special powers of 

" refusing to forward money liable 

" a P. W. C. T. may be 

" should give salutation 

" cannot give decisions when interested 

" Lodge, may instruct whom in Key 

" " decides questions when 

" " may be required to give bonds 

** " does not have to be installed 

*' " snbject to same rules of order as 

others 

" " cannot keep Digest or K. G. T 

" " removal from place vacates commis- 
sion. 

" ** for neglect of official duties, answer- 
able to G. W. C. T 

** " refusing to communicate to Lodge 

forfeits office, when 

*' " official acts to be communicated re- 
spectfully 

Desertion from army, cause of expulsion 

Detectives, Good Templar, may not taste liquors 

Digest, given to Lodges, whose 

Dispensation, meaning of. 

" form of. 



SECTION PAOR 


74 


153 


89 


166 


41 


148 


65 


151 


88 


156 


87 


155 


50 


183 


9 


144 


24 


147 


87 


165 


64 


152 


62 


152 


53 


150 


6, 7 


144 


10 


145 


66 


152 


6 


144 


93 


156 


44 


149 


79 


154 


84 


155 


90 


156 


85 


155 


34 


148 


14, 15 


145 


74 


153 


92 


156 


54 


150 


66 


151 


76 


154 


77 


154 


57 


151 


69 


151 


49 


150 


50 


150 


84 


267 


211 


338 


72 


179 V 








376 ; 



INDEX. XV 
SECTION PAOB 

DJHpensation, necessary, when more than one De- 
gree to be given 12 129 

Distress words only to be given in dark 60 250 

Drnyman, Good Templar, violates pledge, when 93 319 

Drake's bitters, use Df, a violation of pledge 12 306 

Drink liable to fermentation may not be used 24 SO? 

Drunkenness, external signs of, evidence of violation 76 83 

Druggists and clerks may become members of our 

Order, when 12,13 158 

Domestic wine, to make, a violation 47 310 

Dues. (See Fees.) 

Election of candidates 160-173 

" " vote on may be reconsidered, 

when and how often 34-36 1R5 

** " who inspects box, in 20 163 

" ** Lodge may adopt or reject re- 
port of a Committee 41 166 

*• " Lodge need not ballot ou an 

adverse report 42 166 

*• ** proposition may be with- 
drawn, how 46 108 

** "an informal ballot cannot be 

taken, in 22 163 

" " report of Committee may be 

recommitted 12 162 

" propositions in, to be written 

or printed , 1 160 

*• " ballot may be retaken on mis- 
take 24 164 

'* method of. 2 38 

** " any number may be voted for 13 162 

•* " cannot be legally, on forged 

report 60 171 

" W. C. T. must appoint a Com- 
mittee to investigate cha- 
racter 2-5 161 

** number of black balls determines solely... 05 172 

•* must vote by ballot in 21 163 

" applicants by card or as Ancient Good 

Templars, to be referred to Committee 65 170 

** black ball through malice 52 169 

'* black ball crtWec^u'C??/, how allowed 14 162 

** Marshal cannot cast vote of the Lodge 18 163 

" of oflBcers, blank ballots in, not counted as 

votes cast 3 173 

** " Lodge mny instruct any one to 

cast its vote, when 6 173 

" when one of two highest candi- 
dates declines, in, what done 9 174 

•* " nomination, what constitutes.... 12, 13 174 

** cannot be by sign of the Order.. 2 173 

26 



rvi 



INDEX. 



BECTION PAGl 

Election of officers, where required to be on certain 

days, cannot be sooner 33 178 

" " 173-183 

" " Marshal may cast vote of Lodge, 

in 1 178 

" " If gal, if candidate absent 44 181 

** " W. C. T. cannot give casting 

vote, in 6 173 

" " in Sub. Lodge, must be by bal- 
lot 1 173 

** " a declination may be withdravrn 

in 16 175 

" " illegal, exceptions when made... 36 179 
" " one can be nominated for any 

number of offices 19 175 

" " important decision relative to... 32 178 

" ** whole ballot to be announced in 30 178 

" Representatives, how viewed 22 291 

'* Representatives cannot be reconsidered 35 179 

" of R. W. G. L. officers 5 19 

" of R. W. G. L. officers, when 3 2C» 

*' of Grand officers 2 31 

" of Sub. Lodge officers 5 40 

Eligibility of membership 1 38 

W. C. T. and W. V. T 2 40 

" to Degrees 1 43 

" of membership, decisions relative to 166-160 

Elderberry wine, use of, violation of pledge 6 303 

Evidence, on charges, not confined to time or place.. 29 81 
" dating a charge at a place. No. of, " place 

where" 17 80 

" what is competent 62-63 84-86 

" of coufederates, competent when 61 85 

" taken on charge, to be read in Lodge, 

when 96-98 91 

" must be correctly reported 99 92 

" need not be read if improper 98 92 

*' smell of breath not sufficient 157 101 

" none produced, charge nialicious, when.... 118 94 

" irrelevant, not to be written or read 95 91 

" previous, or past, of violation, when ad- 
missible 29 81 

Eucharist, use of alcoholic mixtures at, discounte- 
nanced 64 313 

Excisemen may belong to the Order 11 158 

Kxcuse, vote to, decision in reference to 105 93 

Excused officers to retire as others 30 230 

Executive Committees of Grand Lodges 9 84 

" " powers of - 5 36 

" " three a quorum, and two may 

do business 1 183 



INDEX, 



Executive Committees, can Buspend any member of 

same 

** " can suspend a Rep. to R. W. 

G. L 

Expel, suspend, fine or reprimand, vote to by ballot 
Expelled and withdrawn members, unite again, how 
" members may be reinstated by G. Lodge, 

on appeal 

" members. Lodge refusing to admit same 

forfeits cliarter 

** and rejected members, when may be pro- 
posed 

Expulsion from Subordinate, expels from Degree 

Lodge 

" decision relative to 

" forfeits all honors 

*' grounds of, should accompany notice of 
" brother need not be present to receive 

sentence 

for contempt, must be by ballot 

•* publishing or selling supplies, liable to.... 
Expunged,' how proceedings may be from journal.... 
'* W. C. T. cannot order a portion of pro- 
ceedings to be 

" a portion of records of Subordinate 

Lodges, cannot be 

Sx post facto laws cannot be made 

Fees for charters, Grand and Subordinates what 

*' for charters to acconjpany application 

•* for charters, G. Lodges 

*' and dues, remarks on 

" ** when to be paid and who in arrears... 
** ** Deputy in arrears for, not to sit in 

Lodge 

** ** New members chargeable with, how.. 

*' " persons joining by card to pay 

" " one six months in arrears 

" " to be paid Grand Lodges for all mem- 
bers not su8p|ttded 

" *• Lodges organized prior to middle of 

quarter, to pay full 

" " Subordinate Lodges 

** ** in Degrees 

" ** of females not to be remitted 

" " none for giving Degrees to charter 

members 

" ** in case of suspended members 

** " duties of W. ¥, S. in relation to 

** " respecting arrears of. 

•* for degrees paid by all charter mem- 
bers 





zvil 


BSCTION 


PACK 






3 


181 


4 


184 


13u 


96 


47 


26<) 


13 


73 


13 


73 


6 


39 


\ 


252 


2-5 


253 


47 




83 


267 


73 


265 


105 


271 


14 


228 




61 


7 


352 


3 


225 


68 


233 




19 


5 


22 


2 


STi 


2 


185 


3-6 


185 


10 


186 


11-14 


186 


13 


186 


33 


189 


43 


191 


46 


192 


1 


33 


6 


45 


23 


188 


47 


192 


36-38 


190 


2 


194 


3 


194 


26 


188 



xviii 



INDEX. 



BECTION 

Fees and dues, per capita tax, how to be paid 48 

" *' when and how they may be remitted 23-25 

** " in addition to, no tax can be levied.... 50 

" " cease with supension 36 

" " can only be appropriated to Temper- 
ance cause 1 

" for Degrees and Temples * 4 

" for initiation may be required in advance 27, 28 

Fee, initiation, how remitted in Cal 24 

Females, Lodge prohibiting initiation of forfeits 

Finable, the P. W. C. T. i8!.V/.*.*.*.''V.V.*.*.*.'.'.V.'.'.V.'V.V.*.*/.V.." 20 

Finance Committee, R. W. G. L 19 

G. Lodges 3 

Financial Secretary 

'* " duties of. 2, 3 

'* " to keep roll of officers 9 

« « Sub. Lodges 5 

" " should receive all moneys 5 

Fine, a Lodge may make a by-law empowering a W, 

C. T. to 137 

" Lodge to fix amount of. 77 

Fines must be paid, to be clear on books 4 

" may be remitted by a Lodge, when 6 

** may be imposed, when Lodge refuses to sus- 
pend or expel, how 82 

'* may be imposed, etc 98 

" W. C. T. no power to impose 39 

Fiscal year of R. W. G. Lodge, when to commence 

Forms 

Food, spirituous liquors may not be used in prepar- 
ing it 32 

Funds of Sub. Lodge, may be used when 53 

" " how only to be used 1 

" raised by subscription not controlled by 

l>odge 69 

Funeral ceremony 

Gambling, violation of obligation....' 104 

(James of chance, playing of. when a violation 105-108 

Gavel, rai)8 of, same in all degrees 1 

" n)ay not be used outside of the Lodge 4 

" sounded, in passing from one order of business 2 

•* raps of, cannot be used at a public meeting.... 5 

Ganger of whisky under TJ. S. may be a G. T 10 

Ginger wine, use of, a violation 9 

" Good of the Order," is a motion necessary, under... 19 

" " " what may be done under 20 

Government Inspectors may join us 9 

Grand l^odges 

*• " only one in a State, etc. ; supreme for 

local legislation » 3 



PArtB 
192 
188 
192 
190 

185 

138 
1^-8 
188 

110 
278 
26 
34 
194 
194 
195 
42 
194 



266 
185 
296 



270 
358 
27 

367-386 

308 
193 
185 

234 

382 
3-21 
3-21 
1% 
196 
196 
196 
158 
306 
229 
229 
157 
196 



INDEX. Xix 

SECTION PAOR 

'Grand Lodges, appeal from, when allowed 4 12 

" *• how opened ; expenses paid by whom 3,4 22 

** " to have a seal, and send impression to 

R.W.G. S 6 22 

" ** Constitution of to be approved 7 22 

'* " to make returns, and remit dues, 

when 8 22 

" " Subordinate Lodges to be subject to... 5 24 

" ** to furnish Grand Representatives with 

papers, etc 13 25 

" " to have R. W. G. L. proceedings 15 25 

*• ** and Subordinates to use Ritual pre- 
scribed by R. W. G. L 17 25 

«« * " and Subofdinates, all sessions of, to 

open and close with prayer 17 25 

" " certain action in, reviewed 14 190 

** " officers can fix time and place of a 

special session 10 198 

" •* officers, election of, may be on Jirst 

day, when 16 200 

" " officers can only purchase supplies of 

R. W. G. S 20 201 

** " membership in, construed 8 197 

Grand Lodge, regalia for officers, members and Rep- 
resentatives of 18 25 

** ** must sustain or reverse action on 

appeal 14 73 

*• •* cannot increase term of office. 4 196 

** •* failing to make returns for two years 

to be extinct 15 200 

" " Constitution for 29 

" " when to exercise full powers 3 196 

** ** to purchase "supplies," of R. W. G. L. 

only 20 201 

" •* officers may not change place of meet- 
ing 9 198 

Degree only to be conferred on full 

Degree Members.. 48 133 

Grain, selling of, when a violation 153 369 

G. W. C. Templars (see under T.). 

Grip, none to second Degree 56 134 

" given to one not a G. T. not a violation 200 337 

Guards can only leave posts, how 8 211 

" R. W. G., duties of 4 17 

'* 0. G. not on duty at opening of Lodge, to be 

recognized, etc 1 210 

** 0. G. may sit inside; to be on dutj' during 

recess 3,4 211 

*• not on duty at recess, an examination must 

be had 6 211 

not to admit children, when 9 211 



XX 



INDEX. 



QuMrds, 0. G. to admit to ante-room without pass, 

whftu 

Guiltj', on plea of, no reference to Committee ne- 

cessarj'^ 

HiiU, dedication of 

*' may be publicly dedicated 

" legally dedicated by a W. C. T 

Honors, lost by expulsion or withdrawal 

" lost by suspension 

** P. W. C 'J', appointed during first quarter, 

not entitled to 

follow one wherever he goes 

'* to be out of membership one year, lost 

Honorary membership in a Grand or Subordinate 

Lodge, forbidden 

Hops, selling of, when a violation 

Hop beer of commerce, drinking of, a violation 

Horse-racer and cock-fighter cannot be a Good 

Templar 

Hostetter's Bitters, use of, a violation 

Impeachment, officers and members liable to 

Immoral Practices, bringing Lodge into disrepute, a 

violation 

Indefinite postponement, effect of 

Initiatory obligation, perpetual 

*' word, how given 

" word may be given any time 

" word and Test word, same 

Initiation may be same evening of proposition 

*' may be, at a special meeting 

" members may be admitted during, when... 

candidates not to kneel during 

cannot initiate one drunk 

" proper to have intermission just after 

^ of an expelled member, makes him a mem- 
ber, how 

** at a private residence, how viewed 

" null and void in a certain case 

, of persons living nearer another Lodge, 

only allowed, when 

** of an illegally elected person, makes a 

member in good standing 

** of an expelled member, on dispensation, 

effect of 

on a night, on which Lodge resolved none 

should take place, valid 

** Subordinate Lodges control absolutely, ex- 
cept when illegal 

** cannot be, witbout charging fee 

*• an ofiicer, under charge, cannot take a 
part 



iCTION 


PAGK 


10 


211 


120 


95 




379 


62 


233 


67 


2 '^3 


47 


260 


41 


258 




276 


3 


212 


1 


212 






l 


156 


154 


329 


It) 


306 


170 


332 


10 


305 


1 2 
-••1 ^ 


18 


173 


332 




68 




273 


66 


25(J 


60 


260 


69 


250 


23 


216 


1 


202 


2 


213 


3 


213 


4 


213 


17 


215 


41 


219 


42 


219 


43 


220 


86 


218 


26 


217 


30 


217 


19 


215 


38 


219 


32 


218 


18 


215 



INDEX. Xxi 

SECTION PAOK 

Initiation, under an a«stm^<? name 46 220 

'* under 12 years, not legal 45 22<) 

" nor before fee is paid 33 218 

" of color, not prohibited 2 157 

** none but members can be present at 5,6 213 

** W. C. T. may not be corrected, when 16 216 

** at specified times only, what Lodge may 

not do 20 215 

" fees, Sub. Lodges 1 39 

** one of proper age at, may be elected un- 
der.. 49 169 

** of a candidate can be stopped, how 28 217 

** in organizing Lodges, may omit ceremony 8 213 

*' of a rejected candidate cannot be 31 21S 

" must be finished same evening 10 2J4 

** without payment of fee makes one a mem- 

• ber 34 218 

Initiatory prayer can be extempore, when 9 214 

" word, how given , 66 250 

Installation of officers 2-1 

" public, may be authorized by G. W. C. T. 17 224 
** comes under the head of "New Busi- 
ness " 1 221 

" necessary before an elective officer can 

serve 2 221 

" may take place after the regular time... 3 221 

" necessary for an officer to fill a vacancy 5 22 L 

" cannot be by proxy.. 4 221 

** an officer cannot obligate himself in 8 '2S'> 

Installed, one re-elected, must be 15 224 

*' one cannot be, until diies paid 16 224 

'* by whom a Deputy may be 10 22:^ 

" an officer declining to take Degrees, can- 
not be 1 351 

•* same evening, an officer to fill a vacancy 

may be 7 223 

Inspector of whisky may be a G. T., when 10 158 

Institution of a Lodge can only be by a G. W. C. T. 

or Deputy 86 155 

Intoxication, ordinary signs of, sufficient to convict 154 10' » 

Jamaica ginger, use of, not a violation 18 306 

Journal of R. W. G. L. to be published 4 I'J 

" reading and approving of ; how proceedings 

expunged from; how corrected 51 

** S. to record motions in, that do not prevail 1 225 
** W. C. T. may order correction of, if no ob- 
jection 2 220 

" minutes of, cannot be erased or amended, 

when 4 225 

** minutes made to correspond with facts by a 

vote of Lodge 6 225 



xxii 



INDEX. 



Journal, minutes of G. Lodges, G. Secretaries to 

publish 

Jurisdiction of R. W. G. Lodge 

" of G. Lodges 

Lager beer, use of, a violation of pledge 

Laws and usages, inquiries on, when entertained by 

R. W. G. L 

Law, one member may sue another at 

Lemonade, patent, not intoxicating, and not pro- 
hibited 

License, to sign a petition for, violation of obliga- 
tion 

•* to present petition for, by an attorney, viola- 
tion 

'« to advocate, a violation of obligation.. 

** bond, a violation of obligation to sign 

'* Board, President of, to sign a license, not a 

violation 

*' Board, member of, to vote for license, a 

violation ; 

" for restaurants, etc., signing petition for, a 

violation 

" Village Clerk may sign petition for 

liife members, G. T. may be 

Liquors, to buy or take an order payable only in, a 

violation, when 

" intoxicating, a member paying for another 

to drink, violates 

" a member's breath constantly burthenod 

with fumes of, a ground for expulsion 

Location chartered of a Lodge, how changed 

Lodge, R. W. G., Grand and Subordinate (see under 
R., G. and S.). 

Maltster cannot be a G. T 

Marshal R. W. G. and Deputy, duties of 

" D. holds olfice during term, though Chair 

vacated 

•* to repeat to W. C. T. how 

" members should rise in giving P. W. to 

'* need not announce all votes to W. C. T 

Medicine, use of alcoholic mixtures as, discounte- 
nanced 

" use of alcoholic mixtures reprobated by 

R. W. G. L 

" liquors may be used as, when 

" liquors should not be used from homo ex- 
cept by travelers 

** the sale of liquors R8f to be confined to 

physicians 

** under a prohibitory liquor law, a Good 
Templar may sell, as 



BECTION 


PAOK 


4 


33 




32 


2 


29 


8 


805 


23 


27 


68 


235 


28 


307 


122 


324 


133 


326 


130 


325 


124, 125 


324 


# 


135 


326 


134 


326 


128 


325 


85 


267 


70 


173 


193 


336 


176 


332 


194 


336 


17 


109 


16 


158 


3 


17 


20 


175 


2 


226 


3 


226 


4 


226 


54 


313 


52 


312 


66-67 


311 


73 


316 


98 


313 


99 


319 



INDEX. 



Medicine, use of liquors for anticipated sickness, a 

violation 

" prescribed by a physician, who deals in 

liquor, not justifiable 

Members of R. W. G. L. all eligible to office, and to 

vote, when 

" of one State, to be admitted into Lodges of 

every other State... 

** suspended from a Lodge in one State, not 

to bo admitted to another State 

** persons of one State, admitted to Lodges 

of another, how 

* of Lodge must serve on Committee unless 

excused 

•* of Lodge may not urge others to leave the 

Order 

■ •* of Lodge may not reveal business of 

Lodge tu outsiders 

** of G. Lodge, who 

Member, one elected a, in one Lodge, cannot be in- 
itiated by a sister Lodge without consent... 
" how allowed to visit out of the limits of 

his G. L 

Membership, no person can hold in more than one 
Grand or Subordinate Lodge at the 

same time 

*• Sub. Lodges 

** immoral persons excluded from.. 

Memorials and appeals to R. W. G. L., how presented 

** to G. Lodges, who can present 

Mental reservation does not release party 

Meetings, Lodge, may be held on first floor. 

** of R. W. G. L., time of special, how and 
by whom called, what business can be 

done 

«• of R. W. G. L., who to call to order; to 

vrait fifteen minutes. 

** of our Order not to be held on the Sab- 
bath, special may 

*• alternate, may be suspended, how 

" evening of, how changed 

Minor, placed in liquor store, not eligible to mem- 
bership. 

Money, not to be drawn, except appropriated 

** orders for, cannot bo drawn now, for future 

services 

** to loan another to buy liquor, a violation of 

pledge, when 

Motion to be reduced to writing, when 

** may be withdrawn, when 

** to reconsider a question, by whom made...... 



xxiil 

eSCTIOIt PAOB 

61 314 

62 314 
5 14 

1 20 
3 20 

2 20 

37 231 
203 337 

38 231 

3 29 

9 23 

11 23 



9 23 

1 38 

3 157 

1 69 

2 35 
219 339 

33 230 



12 18 
61 

20 109 
28 110 
32 229 

81-83 317 
2 K 

8 m 

177 332 
67 
58 
68 



rxiv 



INDEX. 



Motion to reconsider a second time cannot be had... 

'* to indefinitely postpone from 

" to lie on table, effect of 

" one making, not recognized, cannot address 

W. V. T 

Nomination of officers, how opened 

" of officers, when to be closed 

Notices, all official, to be under seal 

" to accused, to meet Lodge, to be under seal 

Notice for a epecial Degree meeting, how given 

" written, of charges, to be given ; may be sent 

by mail 

" of appeal, time of, and manner of serving, 

form of 

" right of, may be waived by accused 

to bo given accused 

Obligation, initiatory, perpetual 

" a suspended mem))er not released from... 

Oath, Committee cannot administer 

Offence, in a Subordinate Lodge, what constitutes.... 

Office, Committee is not, in a Constitutional sense 

'* Grand Lodges, power to prescribe terms on 

which, may be held 

Officer of law, selling liquor, does not violate obliga- 
tion 

Offences, Ex. Com. may investigate 

Officers of R. W. G. Lodge, liow chosen, and in- 
stalled 

" duty of to attend meetings of K. W. G. Lodge 

*' liable to impeachment and expulsion 

** not to exercise office or nicmbership, during 

trial 

•* suspension from Subordinate Lodge, effect 

of 

* B. W. G., qualifications, how and when nom- 
inated and elected 

" may vacate seats during session, how 

" declining to receive degrees, cannot be in- 
stalled 

** retiring, should sign returns ; on duty, to 

give salutation 

'* absent at opening, cannot claim his seat 

" election and installation of, may be after 

time fixed 

" only those nominated, to be voted for 

** term of may not be increased 

•* election of, 173-183 ; installation of. 

** of G. Lodge, what, how chosen 

*• " vacancies 

♦* may be removed 

** ** duties of. 



SECTION 


VAOB 




58 




58 




59 


10 


240 


20 


176 


15 


175 


82 


89 


80 


89 


64 


135 




83 


5 


70 


83 


89 


1 


47 


1 


273 


DO 


264 


55 


85 


18 


lf)9 


1 


280 


7 


281 


96 


319 


5 


86 


1-3 


13 


A 


lo 


1 


18 


o 


Xo 


o 

o 


Jo 


1 


19 


1 -1 
1 1 


ooo 


1 


351 


27, 28 


230 


25 


229 


33 


178 


4 


173 


4 


196 




221-225 




31 


3 


31 


4 


32 




32.33 



INDEX. XX7 

SECTION PAGE 

Offices, Sub. Lodges, what 1 40 

'* *' vacancies 4 40 

** " terms and elections 5 40 

" elective must be instulled 2 221 

'* refusal to serve us^ not contempt 52 183 

" elective, must be elected by ballot 1 173 

" elective, Marshal may cast vote of Lodge for 1 173 

** old, hold over until new are qualified 14 224 

** re-elected, must be installed 15 224 

" of Lodge fined, for absence at roll call 26 229 

Officially, matters pass from the Lodge, when 17 228 

Opening ceremonies, W. C. T. no right to enter 

during 15 354 

Opium, habitual use of, a violation 29 307 

Order of business, and rules of. 49 

" questions of, decided by R. W. G. T 69 

" appeal from chair to be in writing; signed; 

how submitted « 60 

" questions of, debatable, when ; may be sub- 
mitted direct to Lodge 60 

Orders of business may be dispensed with T 295 

" how to be drawn 16 

" not to be drawn for future services 8 295 

Papers and periodicals, certain, prohibited 157 230 

Password, traveling, necessary for visitors 11 23 

traveling, who entitled to it 20 27 

•* traveling, only to be given to those hav- 
ing cards ; 61 251 

" traveling, given by W. C. T. of a Lodge he 

is visiting, how 62 251 

** traveling, how obtained 63 251 

*' traveling, when changed 64 251 

** not tf be given in a loud voice, and only 

by W. C. T 6 242 

" Deputies as sucJi, not to give it 10 243 

•* Deg. Templars not to give it 30 245 

'* from whom the W. C. T. sliould receive it 14 243 
•* may be given to member of another Lodge, 

when 27-29 245 

** not to be sent to members in the army.... 48 248 
** not to be given unless members clear on 

books 20 244 

** members must have, to sit in Lodge 32 246 

** only to be given by G. W. S. to Lodges 

having made returns 52 249 

** members cannot enter on old S7 247 

** obtained in any way but from W. C. T. 

fraud 65 251 

** of the Degrees, how given 57 250 

retiring given when, and by whom 66, 67 251 



xzvi 



INDEX. 



SECTION PAOB 



Password and explanation both to be given, on ex- 
amination al opening of Lodge 58 260 

" unlawfully giving or receiving of, viola- 
tion 196 336 

" Q. of old quarter, not good in the new, 

when /. 52 249 

" Q. one refusing to give, cannot sit in 

Lodge 33 246 

** Q. a suspended member having, cannot 

sit in Lodge 35 247 

" Q. one without, and not entitled to, re- 
fusing to leave Lodge, may be expelled 

by force 34 246 

** Q. may be given to visiting members, 

when 29 246 

•* cannot be given to W. C. T. before he is 

installed 11 243 

" Marshal's duty respecting it 8 242 

" who may give it 2 241 

" may W. C. T. withhold, and when 15 243 

" old one, used on night of installation 47 248 

" Guard may demand in recess 39 247 

" cannot be withheld in a certain case 69 252 

" may be withheld from one under charge.. 15 243 

" cannot be used by one in arrears * 16 243 

" to be given by all entering in recess 7 211 

" members to rise in giving to M 3 226 

" giving a fictitious 171 105 

" writing on a church 172 106 

Past W. C. T.'s. (See under T.) 

Peer, a full degree member of whom 65 134 

Penalty and results 252-273 

'* Lodge failing to adopt, W. C. T. may repri- J 

mand... 34 257 • 

** some must be imposed ; a promise to do bet- 
ter, not 8-12 254 

" Lodge, refusing to inflict, forfeits charter 13 254 

" may inflict a light one 14 254 

" a member guilt}', cannot be excused from... 7 253 

** violators of obligation, reobligated before 

restoration 16-19 254 ^■ 

•* official notice of arrears to be given previous 

to suspension 63 261 

** notice of expulsion to be given to neighbor- 
ing Lodges 83 267 

" reobligation is 10 254 

** members reobligated, not to resign Constitu- 
tion, when 17 254 

Petition for a new Lodge, members should have a 

card, to 1 106 

*• for a new Lodge, form of. 373 



INDEX. 



xxvii 



Physicians' prescriptions, decisions relative to 

Plantation Bitters, use of, violation 

Platform of Good Templars 

Plea of guiltj', no reference to Committee necessary- 



Pledge, perpetuity of....?T 

" violation of, what constitutes 

" Good Templars 

" not to be given publicly 

Politics, not to be discussed 

Porters, for liquor establishments, cannot belong to 

Order 

Postpone, a report, motion to, maj' be made 

Postponement, indefinite, effect of 

" indefinite, of a proposition 

Prayer, Degree Lodges not be opened with 

** all sessions of G. and Subordinate Lodges, to 

open and close with 

Presidents and clerks of License Boards, signing 

license, not a violation of pledge 

Presiding officer, to leave chair, to participate in dis- 
cussion 

Previous question, cannot be called in Committee of 

the whole 

" question, how called, not debatable ; not in 

order to adjourn 

•* question, cannot be reconsidered, nor called 

twice on same day 

" question, does not cut off amendment 

** question can be called while one is speak- 

iug 

** question not sustained, may be reconsidered 

Privileges of GjsLodge, who entitled to 

Profanity, use of, violation of obligation 

Proceedings of R. W. G. L. to be furnished G. Lodges 

Propositions mqst be written or printed 

" may be on same evening of initiation... 
Protests, how entered on the journal by minority.... 
Public installations, (See Installation.) 
Purchasing goods where liquor is sold, not a viola- 
tion ^ 

Quarter, when it closes ., 

Qualification of officers 

Questions all decided by a majority vote 

of order. (See under Order.) 
Quorum to transact business, what constitutes, R.W. 

G. L 

" of G. Lodge 

" for conferring degrees , 

Rank, clearance cards should show 

Recess after initiation, contemplated. <. 



SECTION 

62-68 
12 



120 
1 

303 
4 
6 
74 



4 

20 



17 
135 



T 

8 

6 
171 

1 

23 
14 



114 
34 



1 

1 
3 
26 
17 



PAOl 

314 
306 
274 

95 
273 
341 

20 
213 
236 

318 
52 
58 
39 

130 

25 

326 

60 

66 

63,64 

64 
239 

239 
64 

30 
332 

25 
160 
216 
318 



322 
299 
280-283 
19 



18 
30 
44 
117 
21i 



XXviii INDEX. 

SECTION P10« 

Records, a Subordinate Lodge cannot expunge 3 226 

KecoDsideration, motion for, by whom made 68 

" how many times may be had 58 

** indefinite postponement of the mo- 
tion fur 68 

" of ballot, electing or rejemng a 

candidate, proper 34 166 

" motion for may be reconsidered; 

any one may make it 39 166 

Reconsidered, a member acquitted, action cannot be 103, 104 93 
" a vote granting clearance card, may 

be 34 117 

" a motion to adjourn cannot be 11 67 

Regalia of Order, what r . 

" members to wear that prescribed by R. W. 

G. L 5 283 

** G. L. only to be worn by a G. L. member..... 21 286 

" desks, etc., taking away of, a violation 208 338 

" scarf is not 3 283 

" all Lodges must have some kind of. 2 283 

" not proper to sit in Lodge without wearing 4 283 

•* to be worn in public, when 11 284 

** of a Lodge, having surrendered its charter, 

G. Lodge hiis no right to 24 286 

" G. Lodge of Conn., what 19 285 

" third degree, what is it? 14 285 

'* initiatory, members can be compelled to 

wear, when # 15 285 

" degree, not to bo worn by subordinate 

officers 16,17 285 

" decisions relative to collecting 22 286 

Reinstatement of Degree members G 253 

Rejection of members in Degree Lodges, effect of.... 57 134 

" " may be reconsidered once 36 165 

" " remarks on 88, 39 166 

Reobligation applies only to violation of pledge 254 

" added, when reprimand voted 36 258 

" necessary to reinstate 32 257 

" is a penalty 10 254 

** a certain case of..-. 33 257 

" certain decisions in...., 61-63 363 

" additional pledge recommended in 70 254 

** form of. 384 

Report, annual, to be made by R. W. G. Templar 1 14 

" " to be made by R. W, G. Secretary... 16 26 

" " to be made by R. W. G. Treasurer... 1 16 

" " ofG.W. C. T 1 32 

•* " of G. Secretaries 4 33 

" " of Lodge Deputy, form of, 369 

* quarterly, by D. R. W. G. T. to R. W. Q. T.... 6 24 



INDEX. XXix 
SECTION PAOB 

Report, a majority of a Committee may make, min" 

ority when 67 

** of Com. of Investigation, when to be acted 

on 109 93 

Reports of Committees^(See Committees.) 

" of Comniittee^r Investigation of charge, 

party must be notified when to be acted on 78 89 

Relief for distressed members, rule 64 234 

Representatives, Grand, how chosen, and vacancies 

how filled 1 17 

** Grand, qualifications of, to be pro- 
vided with certificates 3 17 

•* Grand, seats contested, how de- 
termined 6 17 

*• Grand, to be examined ; to be fur- 
nished with R. W. G. L. Constitu- 
tion.. 13 25 

Grand, to be furnished with neces- 
sary papers 14 26 

•* Grand, expenses to R. W. G. L., how 

paid 19 290 

Grand, basis of 2 17 

** Lodge cannot withdraw credentials 

of. 3 287 

•* cannot appoint substitutes 4 287 

cannot a new Subordinate Lodge, 

entitled to 18 290 

** cannot, proxy may be elected, and 

when to act 11 288 

** cannot of Sub. Temple, powers of.. 6 287 

cannot, election of 1 287 

" cannot, filling vacancies, proxy, etc, 7,8 287 

•* to Grand Lodges, basis of. 4 29 

" to Grand Lodges, election of. 5 29 

*• to Grand Lodges, vacancies in... 5 29 

to Grand Lodges, must be members 

of the Lodge represented 5 30 

•* alternate, rights of. 12 288 

" election of, in case of vacancy 7 287 

" how many votes to cast 9 288 

" elect, when entitled to privileges of 10 288 

Reprimand and fine, both may be imposed 110 272 

Resolutions, reprehensible, Lodge passing, forfeits 

charter 31 110 

Retiring P. W. given when and by whom 66, 67 251 

" oflicers should sign quarterly returns 27 230 

" oflicers on duty, to give salutation, etc 29 230 

Returns, quarterly, to be made by Subordinate 

Lodges to R. W. G. S 2 22 

•* annual, by G. Lodges to R.W. G. S 8 28 

from Degree Temple of. 4 44 



XXX 



INDEX. 



SECTION TAOS 

Revenue of R. W. G. L 14 19 

»' G. Lodges , 6 85 

Rhubarb wine plant, when it may be cultivated 25 307 

Right Worthy Grand Lodge, style of, only source of 
authority ; to grant charters to Grand L|rige8; 
annul Grand Lodge charters, control amr reg- 
ulate the written and unwritten work of the 
Order, to establish the Order in foreign coun- 
tries, jurisdiction over Subordinate Lodges, 
where no Grand Lodge exists ; to enact all 
laws of general application, what composes it. 1-9 12 
** Worthy Grand Lodge, to impeach and try 
oflBcers, time of meeting, special meetings, how 
called, quorum what, judge of certificates of 

members 18 

** Worthy Grand Lodge, rules of order to be 

adopted, journal to be kept 3,4 19 

** Worthy Grand Lodge, cannot set aside Con- 
stitution or By-laws 15 228 

" Worthy Grand Lodge decisions binding 7,8 65 

** Worthy Grand Templar. (See under T.) 
Ritual, G. and Subordinate Lodges, to use such as 

prescribed by R. AV. G. L 17 25 

no portion of to be omitted 1 291 

** cannot be used in public meetings 4 292 

*' word dder stricken from. Lodge forfeits 

charter 5 292 

" revision of, decision relative to 6 292 

•* "Do you believe the existence of Almighty 

God," in, must be answered in affirmative 7 292 

** cannot be shown 8 292 

« to be strictly observed.... 3 292 

♦* reprinting of, a violation 188 335 

Roback bitters, use of, violation of obligation 12 306 

Root beer, selling of, not a violation 27 307 

" " may be used with care 26 307 

Rosette of the Order, what 3 26 

" same upon all regalia; a simple, not regalia... 1,2 283 

Rules of Order not triable 166 103 

" R. W. G. L..-. 49 

Sabbath evening. Lodge cannot hold regular meet- 
ings on 20 109 

'* special, may be held 21 109 

" accused cannot be reported guilty of con- 
tempt for not appearing on 75 89 

Saloon, temperance, keeping of, not a violation 119 323 

" liquor, frequenting of, a violation 103-110 32'J 

*' liquor, spending time around, a violation 111-118 322 

" free concert, performing as a musician in ... 209 338 

Seal, each Grand Lodge to have a 6 12 

Secretary, R. W. G., duties of 7 15 



INDEX. XXxi 
SECTION PAQS 

ftecretaryi R. W. Q., compensation of 7 15 

" R. W. G„ to make report of number of ' 

Grand Subordinate Lodges, when 7 16 

** R. W. G., to pay all dues and moneys to 

R. W. G. T. ....J.. 7 15 

•« R. W. G., to r#ort annually ,. 16 25 

** Grand, to give cards, and form of. 367 

•* Grand, duties of. 4 3*2 

" Grand, Chairman of certain Committees... 4 32 

" resigning, new election should be held 2 293 

** absent, W. A. S. to sign call for special 

meeting 3 293 

•* omitting to record a vote, does not invali- 
date action 7 225 

" must make and sign orders of Lodge 8 294 

** duty of in reference to degree fees 9 294 

" acting pro ^m. may be fined 10 294 

** certain conduct of. 1 292 

" cannot be appointed for balance of term... 6 293 

" duty to furnish certified copies of minutes 7 294 

Sale of grain, when a violation 153 329 

Seed beer, drinking of, a violation 15 306 

Sentinel must demand P. W. of all entering hall in 

recess 7 211 

Scriptures, reading of, cannot be prevented 66 233 

Sickness, feigned, as an excuse for use of liquor, a 

violation 62 312 

Sick Committee cannot call on a suspended member 69 235 

Sign, every one must, Constitution : 7 39 

Signs of the Order, not explained by language 40, 41 231 

Slander, charge may be for 165 103 

Social parties cannot be held with Lodge funds 60 234 

" " where wine is pjissed, decision with 

reference to 164 331 

Speaking, not confined to twice or ten minutes, in 
Com. of the Whole not allowed iu any 

one, until recognized 61 

** members to confino themselves to the 

question, in 61 

" member's right to the floor, how deter- 
mined 62 

** members to avoid all personalities in 62 

** members on any question, allowed but 

twice 62 

Special Meetings, candidates may join at 1 212 

" Meetings called A. S. to sign it 3 293 

" Meetings, cards may be voted at 15 116 

'* Committees. (See Committee.) 
Standing Committee. (See Committee.) 

Steamboat officer, when violates pledge 18 158 

Storage of liquors, when not a violation 1U2 320 

27 



XXxii INBKX. 

8ECTI0W PAOB 

Store selling liquor, owner of, may not be a member %1 t» f 
" selling liquor, by minor in it, by order of pa- 
rent, not eligible to niembership fil 317 

Bub. Lodges, petition for charter, how instituted 1 22 

*' visited once a year ; to make qutyrterly 

returns to R. VV. G. S f. 2 . 22 

" to remit dues in current money; and 

expenses of 2,4 22 

" to be under supervision of D. R. W. G. 

Templars 5 24 

** to use Ritual prescribed by R. W. G. L. 17 25 

" regalia for 26 

" failing to make returns, charters to be 

forfeited 22 27 

•* refusing to admit a member, reinstated 

by Grand Lodge, forfeits charter 13 73 

" cannot expunge their records, nor strike 

out a portion of a decision 9 295 

•* may change chartered location, how 17 IW 

** may visit another working irregularly, 

when 11 295 

" need not surrender their regalia to G. 

L. with charter 24 286 

" may erase name of applicant for charter, 

when 12 108 

" infraction of Constitution by 18 109 

•* must come under jurisdiction of G. L., 

when 17 296 

" may expel those who are not members 4 295 
** may not try a D. R. W. G. T., or a D. G. 

W. C. T 24 297 

** may appeal, how and when 24 297 

** how and when, in contempt, etc 25 298 

** rule, on receiving members, under 

charges 22 297 

" must inflict penalties 23 297 

" may not publish action, when 38 231 

*♦ disbanding, respecting property of. 42 - 178 

" suspended, property of 14 296 

" cannot pass resolutions of censure on 

G. L 3 294 

•* regulates " Order of Business " 7 295 

" By-laws of, when law ^ 26 298 

" should bo, how named 27 298 

** may suspend its regular meetings, when 19, 20 297 
" may surrender charter while under 

charge 29 100 

** surrendered, may go to work without 

fee. 35 299 

•* Constitution for 38 

** insulted by another Lodge 12 296 



INDEX. XXxiil 
8BCTI0N PACT 

Btib, Lodgea cannot suspend a By-law 13 296 

meetings cannot be controlled by Grand 

Lodge 21 297 

** cannot dispose of property so as to pre- 
vent working 15 296 

Supplies, of whom G. Lodges to purchase ; definition 20 201 

Suspension can only be by vote of Lodge 46 269 

" no release from obligation 65 264 

" for non-payment of dues, effect of. 51-60 261 

'* one dying under, not to be in returns 67 264 

" and fine, both may be imposed , 110 272 

•* how admitted in certain cases 64 261 

*' for non-payment of dues, how expelled... 55-61 262 

** how restored in certain cases 30 256 

•* may not join another Lodge 64 263 

" may enter another Lodge, when 78,79 266 

** should bo dealt with, for imposition, 

when 80, 81 266 

** respecting fees and dues of. 36 190 

*• may not be expelled without a new trial 70 264 

** vote upon, decided in a certain case.. 106 271 

•* forfeits honors 41 268 

•* indefinite, no higher penalty recom- 
mended 71 264 

•* need not be present to receive sentence.. 73 265 
•* in Sub. Lodge, works suspension from 

Degree Temple 12 46 

" may be voted, after refusal to expel 92 268 

Table, motion to lay on 59 

motion " to throw nnder," not parliamentary 11 240 
** motion laid on, for two weeks, not to be acted 

on in one 12 240 

Tax, Lodge cannot levy 50 192 

" levied by Sub. Lodge may not be paid 51 193 

quarterly, respecting payment of, to Grand 

Lodge 62 193 

Templar, R. W. G., duties of. 14, 24 

•* R. W. G., appeals from 60 

" R. W. G., how addressed 1 226 

•* D. R. W. G. (See Deputies.) 

Q. W. C, decision of law 1 204 

** G. W. C, and depiities, only authority to 

decide appeals in the first instance 2 204 

** G. W. C. and deputies, may demand chair 

in Lodges when 8 204 

** G. W. C. should refer back action of a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge for informality 26 208 

*• G. W. C. outranks all his deputies, and 

may supersede them 6 204 

" G, W. C. may not demand the chair of 

Sub. Lodge, when 7 204 



xxxiv 



INDEX. 



SEOTIOir PAOt 

Templar, Q. W. C. power to grant dispensations 17 206 

" G. W. C, decisions of, to be reported 3 204 

" G. W. C, duties of. ^ 1 32 

*♦ G. W. C. becoming vacant, Counsellor en- 
titled to honors 28 209 

'« G. W. C. re-elected, who is P. G. W. C. T... 29 209 

'« G.W. 0., certain case in Mo. decided 30 209 

•* G. W. C. cannot grant dispensation to in- 
itiate a rejected candidate 31 218 

" D. G. W. C. (See Deputies.) 

** W. C, preferring a charge. Committee to 

be appointed by W. V. T 20 80 

" W. C. need not read charge in open Lodge 5 77 

** W. C, must be a degree member 3 351 

** W. C, refusinj; to abide decision of Lodge, 

forfeits seat 6 362 

" W. C, not to allow any one to sit in Lodge, 

in arrears 49 368 

" W. C, may be twice consecutively elected 17 354 

" W. C, not eligible while holding commis- 
sion as D. G. W. C. T 21 146 

** W. C, an officer cannot vacate his seat 

without permission of. 11 353 

** W. C, cannot order any portion of record 

expunged, or aZ^^Tttrton 7,8 352 

" W. C, cannot enter during opening cere- 
monies 15 364 

•* W. C, may occupy chair, while under 

charge 64 369 

" W. C, no power to line or reprimand a 

member 39-41 367 

** "W. C, cannot be elected to another office... 18 354 

•* W. C, cannot bo compelled to resign 53 368 

W. C, can call R. H. S. to chair, when ii6 366 

'* W. C, can call any P. W. C. T. to chair, 

when 29 356 

" W. C, may vote at the election of officers 60 368 

" W. C, no power to fill vacancies with other 

officers 33 356 

" W. C, must rule out unconstitutional mo- 
tions 43 367 

" W. C, no member a right to correct 46-48 357 

** W. C, should prefer charges, when 67 3£8 

" W. C, a degree member having violated 
Art. 2, must be reobligated in Degrees, be- 
fore acting as 68 369 

*• W. C, not deciding vote, according to bal- 
lots cast, violates obligation 66 368 

** W. C, may excuse a Committee, when 63 234 

" W. C, only officer displaced by Committee 

©f the Whole 6 238 



INDEX. 



XXXV 



Templar, W. C, cannot give casting rote, "when ^ 

" W. C., cannot decide members not voting, 
as voting yea 

•* W. C, may accept nomination at election.. 
W. C, acting, effect of resignation 

** W. C., cannot be on financial committee.... 

" "W. C., administers obligation, when 

** W. C, may be reobligated and resume 
duties, when 

*• W. C, may pass from one order of business 
to another, when 

•* W. C, cannot make an order on Treasurer, 
"when 

•* "W. C, not to make a motion while pre- 
siding 

•* W. C, may keep members in during re- 
cess 

*♦ W. C, should not give P. W., when 

" W. C, how addressed 

** W. C, omitting ceremony in initiation 
violates obligation 

** W. C, may invite a visiting W. C. T. to 
preside, how 

*• W. C, before installation of, what power 
he has 

•* W. C, duty of, in taking votes „ 

•* W. C, duties of 

*• W. v., may call a Deputy to chair 

W. v., should appoint a W. V. T.pro tern... 

*• W. v., to apiwint Committee of Investiga- 
tion 

*• W. v., duties of, in reference to Guards 

** W. V.,7>ro tem., duties pertaining to 

Templars, P. W. C, appointed during first quarter, 
not entitled to honors 

** P. W. C, honors of, once acquired, follow 
wherever he goes 

** P. W. C, finable 

•* P. W. C, vacant on re-election of W. C. T. 

** P. W. C, honors not forfeited in a certain 
case 

** P. W, C, only filled from evening to even- 
ing 

•* P. VV. C, not obliged to prefer charges 

** P. W. C, cannot install oflicers 

•* P. W. C, jurisdiction of, in given cases 

*• P. W. C, may not recognize members 
without regalia , 

* P. W. C, when absent, W. C. T. should be 
saluted m 



B£vTIOCf 




Q 


iyto 


16 


348 


17 


175 


64 


358 


23 


865 


42 • 


357 


42 


269 


9 


362 




356 


34 


366 


13,14 


363 


69 


359 


61 


369 


62 


369 


31 


366 


21 


356 




347 




41 


1 


360 


2 


360 


3 


360 




300 




360 


1 


276 


4 


212 


20 


278 


11 


1 


23 


279 


17 


278 


25 


280 


IX 


223 


7 


216 


18,19 


278 


22 


279 



xxxvi 



INDEX. 



SECTION rioi 

Templars, P. W. C, by appointment, respecting pow- 
ers of. 6 276 

•* P. W. C, must have been a W. C. T. one 

term 2 276 

" P. W. C, when not to recognize visiting 

members 21 278 

" P. W. C, must ask leave of W. C. T. to 

retire 24 279 

Teamsters for liquor establishments cannot belong to 

Order 86 818 

" a G. T., did not violate pledge, when 102 321 

Term explained 12 282 

Test-word, indiscrinnnate use of. 188 337 

Time or place, Committee of Investigation not con- 
fined to 29 81 

•* charge holds good for no particular 39 82 

Tobacco, use of, discountenanced 10,11 227 

" liquor soaked, m&y not be used 37 309 

Treasurer, 11. W. G,, duties of. 1, 2 16 

" Grand, duties of. 5 33 

" Sub. Lodge, duties of. 6 42 

Traveling card 800 

" card, effect of, in a certain case 10 801 

" card, cannot join a Lodge on 4 300 

" card expired does not affect membership... 5 300 
" P. W. (See Pass-word.) 

Trustees of a Lodge control property, how 46 232 

Unwritten work, how controlled 6 2 

Vice Templar, R. W., duties of. 6 15 

" G. W., duties of. 3 32 

" W., duties of. 3 41 

Violation of pledge, what constitutes 802 341 

"Visit, how members nuiy, out of tlie limits of their 

own G. L 11 23 

Visiting members from one State or Province, to be 
admitted to Lodges in every other State or 

Province 1 20 

" members may be vouched for 18 344 

" members how to enter Lodges 1 341 

" members cannot speak but with consent 10 343 

" members may fill office ^ro /em 11,15 343 

" members may without T. card and P. W., 

when 17 344 

" members. Lodge may refuse^ when 6 342 

" members, privileges of 9 343 

** members by courtesy, not by right 8 342 

•* *nembers, when may take part 10 343 

** effect of objecting to 7 342 

" in Degree Temples : 7 138 

Visitors may be refused admittance by Lodge 843 

** form for receiving 876 



INDEX. xxxvii 

SECTION PAQI 

Vote, majority, decide all questions, except where a 

specific majority is required 7 19 

" to expel, fine or suspend, to be by ballot 130 96 

" W. C. T. to have, in all cases of ballot 61 358 

" in trials in open Lodge, all may 54 134 

" to suspend fixing time, debatable^ 72 266 

•* a member refusing to, when yeas and nays are 

called, is in contempt 9 347 

" casting, how construed as to W. C. T 15 348 

" manner of writing names 23 350 

*' all members present must, when« 4-7 347 

" one cannot, and stand outside 10 348 

" representatives present may cast full, of G. L., 

when 11 348 

" representatives only can, when 12 348 

" under Art. 8th, Un. Code 1 346 

" in Brewster Lodge, Conn 3 346 

" sundry decisions on 345 351 

" one against whom charges are sustained can- 
not, until reinstated 116 94 

Votes, not necessary for M. to announce all to W. 

C. T 4 226 

" by the '* usual show," all presumed to be in 

the majority 68 

Voting for a drinking man, relative to 143 327 

Vouching may be done 11 23 

" what it means 19 344 

Wine, unfermented, drinking of, violation of pledge 4 303 
" purrant, blackberry or elderberry, drinking 

of 6 303 

" drops, use of, a violation 33 308 

Withdi-awn persons, not entitled to cards 3 361 

" persons, other Lodges to be notified 19 271 

" persons may join in their own or other 
Lodges by initiation, before expiration 

of six months 24 364 

** persons not liable for violation of pledge 4 361 

" persons can only re-join by initiation 25 364 

• " persons lose all honors 22 364 

Withdraw, persons must be clear on books to 6 362 

" members cannot while under charge 19 363 

Withdrawal, mode of. 1 361 

" cannot be verbally by proxy„ 1 361 

" certain words a sufficient 11 362 

** not necessary to become charter mem- 
bers for new Lodges 30 365 

" notice of, may be withdrawn any time 

before name is stricken from roll 10 362 

•* card, no such thing as 7 362 

Witness, only, in a case, placed on Committee, ir- 
regular. 22 80 



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INDEX. 



SECTIOir PAOX 

Work, written and nnwritten, how controlled^ 6 12 

Worthy Chief Templar. (See under T.) 

Year, fiscal, when to commence 21 27 

Yeas and Nays, how called 6 19 

** " cannot be called in Committee of 

the Whole ^ 06 




JPy ^VLrs. ^. -p. JDhase. 
■ ■ 

This work was written at the request of, and is dedi- 
cated to, the author's husband, S. B. Chase, P. K. W. 
G. T. of the R. W. G. L. of North America, and at 
present presiding officer of the Grand Lodge of Penn- 
sylvania. 

It is designed to answer, in a storied and attractive 
form, the objections made to the manner in which our 
organization works in the great Temperance Reform, 
as well as to show the inconsistencies of many of our 
good people with reference to temperance. We be- 
lieve it will prove an effective arm of service in our 
warfare if generally circulated. 

It is a book of 211 pages, 16mo. , price 90 cts, and will 
be sent, post-paid, on receipt of price. 

Usual discount to Grand Secretaries and the trade. 

Derry's Lake," "The Good Templar's Digest" 
and " The Good of the Order," all sent, post-paid, 
on. receipt of $2.50. 

Address S. B. CHASE, 

Great Bend Village, Pa, 



Recommendations for "Derry's Lake. 



"I have read 'Derry's Lake,' and most heartily do I thank its gifted 
author for this timely contribution to our temperance literature. It 
should be in every home, and carefully read by every parent in our 
land, for these pages most truthfully describe tbe shame and sorrow 
that so often flow from parental indulgence, indifference or bigotry. 
The youth earnestly striving to pursue that course which shall win 
earthly happiness or heavenly hope, will here find words of encourage- 
ment which will strengthen his noble resolutions ; and the wayward 
prodigal will here listen to voices which may lead him back, in peni- 
tence and humility, to paths of peace and happiness again." — J. H, Ome^ 
R, W. G, T, 

"The book will do good, and its eloquent defense of our Order, as an 
agency for a high and holy purpose, deserves the gratitude of every 
earnest Good Templar. 

" A well-written and effective temperance story, having as its purpose 
to show the value of temperance organizations, and especially of the 
Order of Good Templars; but showing also so vividly and truthfully 
the terrible effects of intemperance, in blighting the fairest lives and 
prospects of the young, as to make it a very powerful and impressive 
warning to them. The story is absorbingly interesting. It is pervaded 
with a trul}' Christian and religious spirit, and will be welcomed in 
many homes as just the book to convince and confirm the young in 
temperance principles, and lead them into active effort in behalf of 
the temperance reform. We commend it to our Sabbath-schools." — 
The Sunday-School Times, 

" It treats a branch of the subject of temperance that deserves more 
attention. It is a most excellent and useful book." — Wm. Hargreuves^ 
M. D,, Philadelphia. 

"Intensely interesting and very instructive. Every library should 
contain it. Every family should possess it. Everybody should read it." 
— Hev. W, C, Hendrickson, Bristol^ Pa, 

*:I believe our money invested in this hook for gratuitous distribution 
in our county would do more good than if expended in missionary leo 
tuning."— J". F. Shoemaker^ Esq.j Prothonotary, Susquehanna County, 

" Should be in the hands of every m 3mber of our Order, if for no 
other reason than to lend to the first friend who is opposed to the 
•Good Templars' on account of their secrets. It is Christian in senti- 
ment." — H, D. McGaw, State Lecturer^ Pa, 

" A lively and interesting book, showing the benefits of joining tbs 
Order and keeping its sacred obligations. It will well repay perusaL** 
—Naiional Temperance Advocate, 



"Eminently adapted to the purpose for which it was prepared."— 
Fernumt Temp. Adv. 

** Many pages in the hook are not only eloquent, but of such a deeply 
Impressive character, that they cannot fail to move the sympathies of 
every reader in favor of the most important cause in the behalf of 
which she writes, and her entire argument is so lucid and cogent, that 
It must convince the judgment and conscience of every reader that tiie 
temperance cause is one in which they ought to be active laborers. 

''These 'Sketches ' of Mrs. Chase have a special claim upon the atten- 
tion of Good Templars everywhere, as being adapted in an especial 
manner to aid the noble cause in which the ' Order' is so actively and 
successfully engaged. The book ought to be found in every Lodge, 
and its thrilling sketches read for the good of the Order, as well as 
owned and circulated as a ' Campaign Document' by-every friend of the 
Order and of the temperance cause," — Hev. J. B. McCi'cary, Washington^ 
B.C. 

" It ia a valuable addition to our popular temperance literature, and 
will do good into whosesoever hands it may fall." — James Blacky -KsQ^ 
Lancaster^ Fa. 

"I have never heard or read anything before that induced me to join 
the Good Templars ; but, since reading this book, the first time I go 
home I shall join the lodge." — A Popidar Lady Tea/:her in Westem Penth' 
sylvania, 

"I believe it will reach the conscience of the masses, and accomplish 
what ' Uncle Tom's Cabin' did in the anti-slavery cause." — J. K. Van 
I>om, Quincyy IIU 

" We never read anything that more fully enlisted the feelings of the 
reader, aiouses his indignation at the enormity of the liquor trafBc and 
the sin of those who fasten it upon us by legislative enactment, and de- 
termines with a resolute purpose to fight it to the bitter end. To follow 
the downward course of half a dozen boys of excellent opportunities, 
good intellects and noble impulses, brought to ruin by liquor soZd ac- 
cording to law, and to witness the agony of parents and friends as they 
vainly strove against the destruction of these dear boys, in whom were 
centered alike their affections and hopes, is intensely painful. Mra. 
Chase has made the cause and remedy so evident that the reader most 
deorlj see and acknowledge both." — Temperance Vindicator. 



"THE GOOD OP THE ORDER." 

BEING A SERIES OF 

Practical Articles Relative to the Working of 

GOOD TEMPLAR LODGES. 

By S. B. CHASE, P. R. W. G. T. 



Read what is said of this book in letters and papers just received. 

1 can confidently recommend it to every Good Templar, for the many 
practical and valuable lessons which it contains. Individual fidelity tc 
its teachings cannot fail to secure the peace, harmony and efficiency of 
our Lodges.— From R. W. G. T. Orne. 

"Books are Helps," and the one by Bro. Chase, entitled "Good of the 
Order," will be an invaluable help to all true and earnest Good Templars. 
— From Miss Emily A. Rice, Principal of the Darien Seminary, Ck)nn. 

It is to the " Digest" what the soft parts of the body are to the skele- 
ton, imparting the form, symmetry and beauty of a practical applica- 
tion to the dry bones of Constitution, By-Laws, Rules and usages. — 
From Edward Aiken, M. D., Amherst, N. H. 

It contains advice and counsel much needed in our Order. If it has a 
gale commensurate with its worth, it will be immense. — From J. Nor- 
wood Clark, G. W. S., Iowa. 

It fills a want in the Order that has long been felt. — Temperana 
Standard, III. 

It would be well if every Good Templar in the State could have it, and 
be better posted in our practical workings. — Vindicator, Pa, 

Containing home truths which ought to be taught in every subor- 
dinate lodge. — Wisconsin Chief. 

Practical articles which must be promotive of growth and prosperity 
to every Lodge that reads and profits by them. — Temperance Patriot, iV. K 

It is a repository of practical suggestions about the " ways and means" 
of advancing the cause of Temperance through " our noble Order," set 
forth and illustrated with rare combination of elegance and force so 
characteristic of the honored writer. — Prohibition Herald, N. H. 

It is a charming book, and treats of almost everything connected with 
the successful working of a Lodge, and should be owned by every mem- 
ber of the Order. — N. J. Templar. 

Price, 50 cents. Sent by miil, post-paid, on receipt of 
price. Liberal discount by the dozen or hundred 
Address P?. CIXA.SE, 

<^eat Bend ViUage, Pa« 



TEIIVIPERAIVGK 

MUTUm BENEFIT ASSOCIATION, 

Chartered by Special ^Act of the Legislature of Penna. 
CENTRAL OFFICE: 

Great Benft Villase, Siispehanna County, Penna. 

CHARTER PERPEXrAI.. 

ASSES SABLE ASSETS, $3 00,000. 

Females cidniitted on JEtptal Terms with Males, 

This is an association of total abstainers, agreeing to pay a certain 
amount on the death of a member to the representatives of the de- 
ceased, and a small fee to defray the current expenses of the associa* 
tioo. 

To secure a benefit of $2000, when a corresponding number of cer- 
tificates shall have been issued : 

Membership Fee $10 OO 

Annual Dues, payable January 1st 2 10 

One assessment to be paid at the time of becoming a member, and 
one upon the death of a member. A discount of ten per cent, will be 
allowed to those who pay five or more mortuary assessments in ad- 
vance. Assessments upon the death of a member are from $1 00 to 
$2 10, according to age. 

For further information and agencies, address the undersigned. 

Hon. S. B. CHASE, 

GREAT BEND VILLAGE, PA. 

OFFICEKS. 
HOB. S. B. CHASE, President. N. DU BOIS CHASE, Acting Secretary. 

lOHATEAN H. ORNE, Vice President. SAVINGS BANK OP NEW MILFORD, Treasaitjr, 

DIRECTORS. 

BON. S. B. CHASE, REV. JOHNX JEROME, HON. GEO. CORAY, WM. BMERT, 
L. L HLER, REV. H. A.TOSICKER, COL GEO. F. McFARLANB. 



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